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As of this summer, more than two-thirds of U.S. states have enacted legislation or policies requiring school districts to restrict phone use in schools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

District Judge David Hittner on Tuesday cited the late artist in his decision to strike down Senate Bill 12, a 2023 law that sought to restrict drag shows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

That approach can restrict the complexity of possible designs and carries a risk of micro-cracking during milling or sintering.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

Anita Asante: Alonso will give them structure and bring an identity to the team but he won't restrict the players.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Southern colonies did not hesitate to invent ways to extend the terms of servitude, and the planter class accumulated uncultivated lands to restrict the options of free workers.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The loss of the princesses' skulls restricts the kinds of analyses that can be performed, and the team has not yet completed every type of investigation it hopes to conduct.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 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 United States restricts exports to China of the most cutting-edge silicon chips used to power artificial intelligence systems, designed by industry leader Nvidia.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

Chinese AI executives have expressed concern that they will struggle to close the gap with the U.S. because Washington restricts China’s access to the world’s best chips and chip-making equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

“I shudder to think what that means. But perhaps it will limit Kronos’s power. For a time, at least, he is confined to a human form. It binds him together. Hopefully it also restricts him.”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

"All platforms should empower parents and support teens in these ways because we know that when teens are restricted on one app, they simply move to another," Meta said.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

They include the "Tong Ji", which circled Taiwan in May, tracking the edge of the island's restricted waters and refusing the coast guard's orders to leave.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

A parent or legal guardian can open and manage an account on the minor’s behalf, or a probate court can appoint a guardian or conservator, or set up a restricted account, depending on state law.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

He also claimed that Canadian provinces had restricted sales of U.S. alcoholic beverages in response to his “emergency” tariffs last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

This system seems to be restricted to human beings, since we are the only beings with language, although chimpanzees may have the capability of manipulating symbols with a certain syntax.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

She and her sister both approve of hiding the numbers of likes and restricting filters.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Nothing stops a parent from restricting apps, capping screen time or banning phones from bedrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Schultz’s original bill would have phased out pesticides with PFAs and put California in line with Maine and Minnesota, which passed laws restricting their use.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Over the past two decades, Sin City has cut its water consumption by a third, by promoting wastewater recycling and restricting lawn watering and swimming pool sizes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Partly it was to do with the limitations of equipment–there were, for instance, no centrifuges until the second half of the century, severely restricting many kinds of experiments–and partly it was social.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson