finite

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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

My mental real estate around food is finite.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

And the red-hot demand and high prices those chips command are leaving little spare room for other product segments in a finite number of production lines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 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

However, there is no infinity; there are a finite number of spheres, and a finite number of things that are moving each other.

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