restricting

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But restricting AI development asks them to forgo better cancer diagnostics, faster drug discovery, improved weather forecasting and productivity gains compounding across every sector.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Earlier this year, Italy tightened its citizenship-by-descent rules, restricting eligibility primarily to those with Italian parents or grandparents.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Private-credit firms are tightening lending standards, increasing interest rates and fees, and restricting debt amid investor scrutiny and fund outflows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The request came on the tail of the CDC restricting travel from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan earlier in the month as the outbreak worsens.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

Vincent Racaniello, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Columbia University, who once calculated that he’s grown about 800 billion HeLa cells for his own research, says that restricting HeLa cell use would be disastrous.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot