constrained
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Some early church fathers applied the term to the Roman Empire, which for all its faults constrained evildoers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
"Lower diamond values have reduced earnings for miners, constrained investment, and weakened local economic activity."
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Because the process occurs entirely within the plane of the material, it also avoids several efficiency limitations that have constrained earlier detector designs.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
Even after its massive expenditures, Microsoft recently said its cloud-computing capacity was so constrained that it had to forsake external cloud sales to run its own operations.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
At length Darcy spoke, and in a constrained manner said, “Mr. Wickham is blessed with such happy manners as may ensure his making friends—whether he may be equally capable of retaining them, is less certain.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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