- present participle of limit.
limiting
Example Sentences
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Jenny Bush, president of Cummins’s power-systems business, said the Indiana-based company is expanding production in smaller increments and limiting plant expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The lab team also worried about violating longstanding safeguards limiting use of private citizen data.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
The agency has imposed restrictions on irrigation, while limiting how much certain locks can open to reduce the loss of fresh water and to prevent too much salt water from entering the network.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Much of current climate policy, including the Paris Agreement, focuses on limiting the eventual peak in global temperature.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
However, when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1983, it was, at least in part, for his early work on the limiting mass of cold stars.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
