circumscribed

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Yet the pardon power is circumscribed: It applies only to criminal “offenses,” excluding impeachments.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

In between are Egyptian vultures, which use rocks to crack open ostrich eggs—genuine tool use—but when presented with rocks and chicken eggs simply cannot figure out what to do, suggesting a rather circumscribed “intelligence.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Yet this project’s geography is circumscribed, its borders hedged.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

As per the country's own observations, the fund had limited ability to do something about the loan, and was "circumscribed by procedural and technical formalities".

From BBC • May 14, 2025

To allow my activities to be circumscribed by my opponent was a form of defeat, and I resolved not to become my own jailer.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela