finite

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The product wasn’t profitable, and every user who spliced themselves into a World War II newsreel or Hollywood chase scene drew down a finite resource.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

There is a pot of money available to help homeowners with the installation costs but it's finite and demand for heat pumps is growing.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 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

Speaking at a press briefing afterwards, Honnold said "time is finite", and people should "use it in the best way".

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

As unappealing as the idea of a finite universe was, physicists gradually accepted the big bang and agreed that the universe had a beginning.

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