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constrain

[kuhn-streyn] / kənˈstreɪn /


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"This in turn might help scientists better constrain when the moon-forming event occurred."

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

“You don’t want to get into a situation where you constrain your own products in the years to come because you were giving away the compute forever,” Johnsen added.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

An inability to replicate Phase 2a efficacy signals would reduce rentosertib’s value, and even if efficacy is demonstrated, safety-driven dose modification could constrain commercial uptake, the analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

In response, tech executives are clearly realizing that city councils and state legislatures can do a lot to constrain them.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

Few rules constrain the exercise of his or her discretion.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

I think that constrains what you’re able to do.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

As a result, the idea that oxygen constrains insect size has not been completely ruled out.

From Science Daily Apr. 25, 2026

Treating them as something society can simply “pause” doesn’t reduce demand for digital services; it constrains the supply of compute, raising costs and outsourcing technological progress elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 13, 2026

No law, domestic or international, constrains him, as far as the convicted felon is concerned.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 23, 2025

A striking example of Bloor’s inability to acknowledge that nature constrains science is to be found on p.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The bigger question for the oil market is how much consumption will ultimately have to adjust if Middle Eastern supplies remain constrained.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Tanker markets remain exceptionally strong, supported by rerouting demand and constrained effective supply, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

The Hugging Face hacking episode—and a growing list of others by poorly constrained swarms of agents—indicate just how powerful and potentially dangerous AI has quickly become.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

The agency also found that oil production slipped by 1.6 million barrels per day month-on-month to 100.1 million barrels in August as shipping through the strait remained constrained.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

So though we had great will to speak to the other, we were constrained in our discourse; I fretted at my ignorance.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

This leads to people constraining their budgets early in retirement, and dying with even more money than they started with at the beginning of retirement.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

Huang noted more than once that capacity, not demand, is constraining Nvidia’s growth—it projected 70% revenue growth for fiscal 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

"Ever since the 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake in Japan, we realized that the tsunami data had really valuable information for constraining shallow slip," said Melgar.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

The spending scrutiny is constraining Altman’s once-boundless ambitions ahead of a potential initial public offering that could take place by the end of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

In this sense, mathematics is just the opposite of constraining; it is empowering, and at the service of anyone who cares to use it.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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