constrain

Example Sentences

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The First Amendment and decades of precedent constrain executive agencies.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Doing so demands coordinated action by the international community to constrain the East Asian supply chains feeding their production.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Presidents have a freer hand to craft policy on the global stage, with lawmakers and courts less empowered to constrain them.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

“However, external uncertainties and the current softness in employment may constrain the sustainability of this improvement to some extent,” said Yu.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

For the Arguments to induce belief, though of sufficient certainty, yet do not so constrain the mind to give its assent, but there is prudence and choice in it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton