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constraint

[kuhn-streynt] / kənˈstreɪnt /




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The authors do this by what they call an "Emergent Constraint," which is a fancy name for something quite simple.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2024

Constraint is useful for the basic plot reason that it can force unexpected people together; summer adds heat to the pressure.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2018

His book, “Power Without Constraint: The Post 9/11 Presidency and National Security,” will be published in May 2016 by the University of Wisconsin Press. 

From MSNBC • Apr. 30, 2016

Constraint and existential defiance are in continuous opposition.

From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2013

It naturally reluctates against Constraint, and is most unwilling to go on when it knows it must.

From 'Of Genius', in The Occasional Paper, and Preface to The Creation by Pahl, Gretchen Graf




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