constraint

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Contracts entered into under severe constraint can be voided, as can agreements that violate the principles of freedom, such as selling oneself into slavery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Canadian author Jack Jedwab wrote in French language newspaper La Presse that Rousseau's lack of French knowledge sends a message to Air Canada employees that "bilingualism is a constraint, not a value".

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

This constraint is known as the Shockley-Queisser limit and has remained a major challenge.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

That’s has many in the market viewing equity and bond prices as a constraint on his policies, a logic that also underpins the “TACO trade.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 22, 2026

There is in each of us a feeling of constraint.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque