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[ri-strikt] / rɪˈstrɪkt /


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Los Angeles officials began discussing a ban after the city of Rialto became the first to restrict certain sales of nitrous oxide in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Andy Burnham has promised to curb companies' ability to restrict what their workers can do after leaving their job.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

British oil major Shell expects to report that its refining margin hit a record high in the third quarter, as attacks on shipping in the Middle East restrict global fuel supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Polymarket partners with IC360, an integrity monitoring group that tracks problematic trading behavior and offers self-exclusion tools that allow users to voluntarily restrict or withdraw their accounts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Never again. We shall restrict ourselves to more tasteful ventures in the future. Legal, I can’t promise.”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

It restricts websites and ads designed to make resellers look like authorized ticket sources.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

A quarter-point rate hike from here would get the federal funds rate between 4% and 4.25%, what Kaplan says is in the neighborhood of the neutral rate that neither accelerates nor restricts the economy.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

A low-carbohydrate diet, also known as the Atkins or ketogenic diet, greatly restricts carbohydrates.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

According to local media reports officials argue that this unfairly equates the recognised national military with a paramilitary force and restricts its ability to defend citizens against an insurgency.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The “no hair” theorem is of great practical importance, because it so greatly restricts the possible types of black holes.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

Policy wonks are not typically famous: If they are, that fame is restricted to a league of Beltway professionals—famous in the way that really good brain surgeons are famous to other, presumably lesser brain surgeons.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Access to Topanga Canyon Boulevard will be restricted to residents only between Mulholland Drive and Pacific Coast Highway during the red flag event, with the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

It sits within a designated "radio quiet" zone, where communication systems and electronic equipment are restricted to reduce interference with sensitive scientific instruments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

At the time, Beijing also reportedly restricted overseas travel by two of Manus's co-founders.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

During the day we were restricted to the fenced areas like livestock, with the sexes separated.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Seafood has been slower to face such scrutiny, though, as the world leans further into aquaculture, that may change, she said, particularly if more governments begin restricting imports tied to illegality or unsustainable practices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The UN Human Rights Council on Monday unanimously urged the Taliban to repeal all practices restricting the fundamental freedoms of women and girls, saying Afghanistan's institutionalised discrimination should shock humanity.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said drone activity and air strikes were putting civilians, vital infrastructure and aid operations at risk, while insecurity and road closures were restricting humanitarian movements.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

For years, home prices have marched upward, hitting new record highs as people hung on to their homes and their ultralow mortgage rates, restricting supply.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Geographic isolation might have solved some of the “grey finch” problem—by restricting interbreeding between particular variants.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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