restrict
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Alongside efforts to restrict access and harmful information, the researchers suggest that emergency services could take additional steps to reduce the consequences of sodium nitrite poisoning.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Those potential costs led many state Medicaid programs and some health plans to restrict coverage of the drug to the sickest patients.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Reasonable action to restrict and control migration today will, one hopes, avoid the excessive crackdowns, to say nothing of mob violence, that the world has seen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority found the Paramount-Warner combination would not restrict media competition in Britain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The government argued for a narrow definition, wanting to restrict the number of our people who would qualify for an indemnity.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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The United States restricts exports to China of the most cutting-edge silicon chips used to power artificial intelligence systems, designed by industry leader Nvidia.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
In-game, most platforms and titles offer parental controls, and EA FC automatically restricts purchases on accounts belonging to players under 13.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Chinese AI executives have expressed concern that they will struggle to close the gap with the U.S. because Washington restricts China’s access to the world’s best chips and chip-making equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The budget includes a provision that restricts the maximum tax credit companies can claim in a given year to $5 million or 50% of a company’s tax state tax liability, whichever is greater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
“I shudder to think what that means. But perhaps it will limit Kronos’s power. For a time, at least, he is confined to a human form. It binds him together. Hopefully it also restricts him.”
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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Access to an airline’s top-tier airport lounge may be restricted or not included at all.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
At La Albufera National Park, a protected coastal wetland covering 21,000 hectares south of Valencia, officials have spent the past week turning away or ejecting unauthorized onlookers attempting to enter restricted areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The launch comes amid debate in the United States on whether access to the technology should be more restricted, and on local pushback against the buildout of data centers that power it.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
And he said a key advantage was that it was likely to be cheaper than other weight-loss treatments, which have tended to be tightly restricted by the NHS.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Linear B was inherently so ambiguous that it remained restricted to palace accounts, whose context and limited word choices made the interpretation clear.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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"I do not believe restricting access to foreign open source models is an effective solution," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Al-Khair is also subject to a legal order restricting some financial transactions being made without the consent of the Charity Commission.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
It is currently restricting some key fertilizer exports.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
The 1.5°C limit refers to the goal of restricting long-term global warming to 1.5°C above preindustrial temperatures.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Vincent Racaniello, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Columbia University, who once calculated that he’s grown about 800 billion HeLa cells for his own research, says that restricting HeLa cell use would be disastrous.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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