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constrained

[kuhn-streynd] / kənˈstreɪnd /
ADJECTIVE
forced
Synonyms


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Food, water and medicine grow scarce, and everyone seems constrained by fate and history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

That in turns leads to more constrained, and more volatile, investment returns.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Podcasters are less constrained by party discipline, less dependent on access and more responsive to audience sentiment in real time.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

India's aviation market is poised for significant expansion but remains constrained by a limited number of widebody aircraft, Willie Walsh, the incoming chief executive of IndiGo, told the BBC.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

In a sense, we shall be obliged to swing back again, still believing in the new way but constrained by the facts of life to live in the old.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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