constrained
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"One thing that hasn't helped is we are quite a constrained town," he says.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
If anything, it intensifies it by removing the practical friction that once constrained broad searches.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
With swaths of Congolese territory violently contested, efforts to contain the outbreak are severely constrained, according to health officials.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
“Starting now through the next several seasons, if supply is constrained, it’s going to find its way to the consumer in increased prices due to lower supply,” Chung said.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
Seaborg’s early life told the same quintessentially American story of immigration and assimilation as Ernest Lawrence’s, although his upbringing was rather more insular and culturally constrained than that in the Lawrences’ educated household.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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