within limits
Example Sentences
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Fitzgerald, when it recognized that Congress could, within limits, modify the immunity that it was granting the president.
From Slate • Jul. 30, 2024
Overall, this new list of Emmys contenders reflects the Television Academy's increased openness to variety, albeit within limits.
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2024
Teachers also have academic freedom — within limits: “It is a fine balance sometimes but one that we are exigent about.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023
But showing the eternal Brazilian ability to bend the rules, they gave themselves some wiggle-room, allowing the real's value to fluctuate, within limits, against the dollar.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2023
Investigating Nature is one thing and so is defending yourself against it, within limits, but fooling with it is quite another.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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