- present participle of constrain.
constraining
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He added that “when people hand off tasks to agents, more calls and texts can be made as a person’s attention & time are no longer constraining factors.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
This leads to people constraining their budgets early in retirement, and dying with even more money than they started with at the beginning of retirement.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Ever since the 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake in Japan, we realized that the tsunami data had really valuable information for constraining shallow slip," said Melgar.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
That will feed a backlash that is already constraining AI, as more communities are fighting against the construction of massive data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
Gaia turned into loose white sand, but Jason summoned a squadron of venti who churned around her, constraining her in a cocoon of wind.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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