constrained
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It could mean that the government's choices on what it wants to spend are constrained as the Budget approaches.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Domestic mine incidents also triggered stricter inspections and constrained local coal output, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
“You have these resources, they’re connected now, and if they need to be called on in those very few hours a year that the grid is constrained, they can be called on.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“A lot of times you just get constrained by these invisible rules and you just think, ‘Oh, he has to throw the breaking ball,’” Briend said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
We began cooking their breakfast, somewhat constrained for space, with so many in so small a chamber, and the fire burning large within the hearth.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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