restrained

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Rep. Matt Gaetz said last week that “nobody was forced or restrained or otherwise threatened to continue participating.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Smith had studied the architects while a student at Hampton University, and has documented on his Instagram their various stylings, which range from restrained to whimsical to ornate.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

This "indicates that employers were far more restrained in their hiring plans as the month began," Doyle added in a statement.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Under typical conditions, production of the eIF5A2 protein is restrained by a small regulatory RNA molecule called miR-6514-5p.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

The Augur who restrained Laia lifts the girl’s body with difficulty and staggers off the dais.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir