Impose
Limit
Limit verb - To set bounds or an upper limit for.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Most air forces impose a career limit on the number of ejections permissible (and that limit is usually one) before it's desk job city for you.
Source: Ejection Seat - For the sake of a challenge, the villains poison Joseph to impose a time limit on him, and to survive he'll have to defeat them and claim the antidote they're carrying.
Source: Carrying the Antidote -
The only reason she's beatable is that she's sporting enough to impose a time limit on her own ability.
Source: I Believe I Can Fly
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