circumscribed

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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

The family shame around Mitchell’s violent death prevented me from understanding his full legacy, and ultimately circumscribed the meaning of his life and art.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 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

It was to move back, if only by a few inches, the wall that circumscribed the possible.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson