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limitation

[lim-i-tay-shuhn] / ˌlɪm ɪˈteɪ ʃən /


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And that’s the only limitation, but I think one which is being invested away as we speak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Cornell says it is legally prevented from publicly disclosing specific disciplinary outcomes about disciplinary students, adding that "we recognise that this legal limitation can be frustrating".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

And if the limitation is going to affect me in a negative way, I think it’s a no-brainer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

To overcome that limitation, Wu, Huang and their colleagues redesigned both the composition and structure of the nanoparticles.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

This, the victors argued, would encourage “a general limitation of the armaments of all nations.”

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

Experts point out that whoever is running the passenger trains, some limitations remain.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Army’s new desert tech exposed equipment limitations and institutional hurdles in the push to modernize and keep pace with an AI-savvy adversary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

A similar nationwide analysis of paternal mortality is not currently possible because of limitations in how birth and death data are handled.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

As a recipient of funding under the Chips and Science Act, the memory-chip maker’s stock repurchases have been restricted over the past two years, but those limitations will ease in December.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Pretended to tease him with the limitations of science—bet you can't explain Bigfoot, etc.—watching him closely.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman




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