constrain
Example Sentences
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It is one of the bloc’s few federal institutions and can make decisions affecting hundreds of millions of people without being constrained by Brussels’s political gridlock.
District Judge Christina A. Snyder said she was “constrained” to block the law because it included only local and federal officers, while exempting state law enforcement.
From Los Angeles Times
One person may feel overly cautious, while the other feels constrained.
From MarketWatch
When considering the impact AI will have on monetary policy, Daly said the Fed will have to balance policy in a way that doesn’t constrain the economy amid a possible increase in production.
Moreover, its rise narrowed the policy space for others: strategies that once enabled late industrialization are now contested or constrained by new trade, investment, and climate regimes.
From Barron's
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