held in check

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The labor market also is being held in check by softer population growth after the federal government scaled back immigration targets.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Apple’s stock momentum has been somewhat held in check by the cloud of tariffs and doubts about the company’s artificial-intelligence positioning.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 29, 2025

"The immune system is held in check most of the time," Vakoc says.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024

It’s very possible Epic could be denied some of its ambitious demands around future app-store workings, like the already struck-down request that Google be held in check with an anti-circumvention provision.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2023

For decades those feelings were held in check by a common enemy.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah