- plural of constraint.
constraints
Example Sentences
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It’s all done in the name of shedding the constraints of a commodified society to find personal and artistic freedom.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2026
The vast majority of the interview was broadcast, but a small amount of material was not included because of time constraints.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026
They estimate that the approach could improve cosmological constraints by as much as a factor of four compared with traditional techniques that depend only on a relatively small sample of spectroscopically observed supernovae.
From Science Daily • Jun. 29, 2026
A knock-on effect of this would be a deterioration of the problems already ongoing in the private-credit space, wherein many investor redemption requests could not be fulfilled owing to liquidity constraints.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
Lest these conclusions be misinterpreted, we should end this chapter with caveats against exaggerating two points: peoples’ readiness to accept better crops and livestock, and the constraints imposed by locally available wild plants and animals.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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