circumscribe

Example Sentences

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First, the state needs to provide clear guidance to carefully circumscribe the situations in which conservatorships are, and are not, appropriate.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2023

The charter provision does not appear to circumscribe that investigative authority for the department’s highest-ranking officer, the police chief.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2023

The depression may circumscribe his behavior, but don’t let it dictate yours.

From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2021

And, in futuristic novels, oppressive regimes such as Margaret Atwood’s Gilead in The Handmaid’s Tale severely circumscribe touch.

From The Guardian • May 22, 2020

We may now, without walls, have secure boundaries—we may keep out trespassers without excluding  the fresh air—and we may circumscribe our limits without diminishing our external prospects.

From A Morning's Walk from London to Kew by Phillips, Richard