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constrained

[kuhn-streynd] / kənˈstreɪnd /
ADJECTIVE
forced
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“North America is likely to see a predominantly price-driven adjustment, with widening segmentation between resilient network carriers and more constrained low-cost operators,” it added.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

It opens by noting that for companies whose “access to the most advanced lithography is constrained, the constraint became binding earlier and bears down more severely.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Because the process occurs entirely within the plane of the material, it also avoids several efficiency limitations that have constrained earlier detector designs.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

Under normal circumstances, oil prices could have risen “substantially,” given the scale of the disruption, including the closure of the strait, constrained Iranian crude supply and declining global inventories, Innes said.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

As soon as I returned to Elsinore, I felt constrained to lie, to deceive the queen herself.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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