restrain
Example Sentences
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He cited a longstanding law that prohibits suits against the government that seek to restrain or block tax collection and assessment.
For more than a year, the owners of other major league teams have telegraphed their desire to restrain all that spending, preferably through a salary cap.
From Los Angeles Times
But her answer isn’t to cut them and restrain spending.
With stable economic growth and inflation making little progress toward the Fed’s goal over the past year, some officials and analysts question whether rates are high enough to restrain growth at all.
Having lowered rates last year, many officials think they may not be doing much to restrain the economy as it is, leaving little room to cut absent meaningful weakening.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
