- past tense form of circumscribe.
- past participle of circumscribe.
circumscribed
Example Sentences
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In human terms, it is an emotional and costly undertaking, circumscribed by science, chance and luck.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Yet this project’s geography is circumscribed, its borders hedged.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025
As per the country's own observations, the fund had limited ability to do something about the loan, and was "circumscribed by procedural and technical formalities".
From BBC • May 14, 2025
So circumscribed is our behavior that airline employees sometimes refer to passengers as “self-loading cargo.”
From Slate • Mar. 14, 2025
While it may have been unthinkable for most to extend their social circles to include black colleagues, within the circumscribed atmosphere of the office, they were cordial, even friendly.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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