restraint
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“I think there is a strong case there” for adding restraint and taking back some of last year’s rate cuts, Barkin said in an interview Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Last month, a long-delayed review commissioned by Waltham Forest found that restraint and seclusion became "normalised" and a culture developed that allowed "pejorative views of non-compliant children".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
"Investors have come to view that restraint as a strength rather than a weakness, particularly as capex commitments at Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon run into the hundreds of billions of dollars each."
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Deployment doesn’t just unleash the airbag; it also deploys the car’s supplemental restraint system, the entire airbag system.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Leaning forward, my hands on my knees, I count and breathe, count and breathe, forcing calm, restraint.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Dr Amy Grubb, associate professor of forensic psychology at the University, said posting comments online creates the "perfect storm" for abuse as the "digital environments reduce normal social restraints".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
That leads to a long discussion of the use of restraints on the elderly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Specificity is key, because AI recommendations are going to be more targeted if there are more restraints in the prompt.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
There are also other potential restraints on the U.S. escalating.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
Buckling his restraints, Vogel said, "We are far past balance. We will not rock back."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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Vocabulary lists containing restraint
Theodore Roosevelt on "New Nationalism" (1910)
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Excerpts from "Jacobson v. Massachusetts"
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Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 4
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