restriction
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Restriction decreases the volume of the lungs and, subsequently, the amount of air they can take in.
From Salon • Nov. 11, 2022
Restriction enzymes splice the existing piece of DNA only to accommodate the new piece of DNA.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
That’s notwithstanding the days when the adjacent fields are sprayed with fertilizer — a reminder that this is farmland, most of it protected under the Massachusetts Agricultural Preservation Restriction Program, meaning it cannot be developed.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021
Sheriff Alastair Carmichael of the Dundee Sheriff Court, who handed down the sentencing, initially concluded that Bowes-Lyon’s home was suitable for house arrest under the Restriction of Liberty Order, People magazine reported.
From Fox News • Aug. 10, 2021
The Immigration Restriction League had been formed in 1894.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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