- past participle of circumscribe.
- past tense form of circumscribe.
circumscribed
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Of course the playwright has prepared the way, but the wayward emotions emanating from these inwardly glowing performances are refreshing in work that has the crisp, circumscribed elegance of a mathematical proof.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
“From the start, Humphrey’s was tethered to a highly circumscribed and almost fictional view of the FTC’s role,” Chief Justice John Roberts writes for the majority.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Yet the pardon power is circumscribed: It applies only to criminal “offenses,” excluding impeachments.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
As recently as the noncooperation movement in 1920-22, women played a far more circumscribed role.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
They make the same mistake I made as a boy, when I thought a disadvantaged life was circumscribed by particular occupations.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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