finite

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Wireless spectrum—the frequencies that wireless calls and data travel over—is a finite resource that every mobile company needs.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Their book may be wrong on some issues, but it is hard to dispute that the earth has finite natural resources, limited human carrying capacity and that excessive growth has resulted in environmental destruction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

They are all inseparable in his own mind, free from categories or a finite series of pictures.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

The Department of Health said its services face extra pressure during winter and that it "has a finite capacity and severe pressures arise when hospitals are forced to operate often well beyond capacity".

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Sometimes, when the terms go to zero, the sum is finite, a nice, normal number like 2 or 53.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife