constraining

Example Sentences

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Coming into the conflict, the ECB’s interest rate was at the level economists believe is neutral for the economy—neither constraining nor stimulating growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 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

“If transit is funneled through a smaller, controlled portion of the strait, you’re not stopping barrels, but you are constraining them — creating friction and likely reducing overall throughput.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

The former Fox News personality, who served as an Army National Guard infantry officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, disdains rules of engagement and other guardrails as constraining to the “warrior ethos.”

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

In this very weak sense, of course, mathematics is constraining, as is all reality, but it has no independent power to coerce.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos