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constraint

[kuhn-straynt] / kənˈstreɪnt /




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The true constraint on industrial ambition is no longer capital or concepts—it’s kilowatts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

That historical constraint helped researchers improve their measurement of the half-life governing the decay of potassium-40 into argon-40, the process that underlies argon-argon dating.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

In response to media enquiries, the dairy board's managing director William Maritim assured that despite the "temporary supply constraint", milk continued to be available.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

This constraint is shaped by broader realities that make money more valuable for women at exactly the moment when time is most needed.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

My feet rang on the flagged stones, echoing to the ceiling, and I felt guilty at the sound, as one does in church, self-conscious, aware of the same constraint.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Physicians are barred by the American Medical Association’s ethics code from participating in executions; similar constraints apply to nurses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The same fundamental physical constraints would still influence how those liquids behave.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Local zoning, power and labor constraints cap new U.S. tower construction at just 1,200 to 2,000 structures per year, meaning that SpaceX would have to lease existing space from major tower operators.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

"We're a resource economy. We have leverage. We have products the world wants. That's why investment comes here, despite the constraints imposed by Ottawa," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Bobby thought of himself as being totally aware and equated himself with Bhagwan’s concept of the Nietzschean “Superman” who transcends the constraints of society.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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