confines
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Pairing compute and memory allows for unmatched speed for any memory-intensive task that doesn’t leave the confines of a single Wafer-Scale Engine.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The confines of a structure make your brain work in a different way: How do I get this idea across in a sonnet or a villanelle?
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
With a few minor and necessary exceptions dictated by the dramatis personae in certain scenes, Mr. Tucker primarily confines himself to the role of Iago while Mr. Quinn plays Othello.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Despite ostensibly being about a world-famous pop star mounting a major comeback, David Lowery’s latest film, “Mother Mary,” rarely leaves the confines of the drafty farmhouse it’s set in.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
The child’s mental powers bothered no one and produced no great disorder; they almost always surfaced in matters of minor importance and within the strict confines of their home.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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