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For the next two to three quarters, hawkish policy, a firm dollar and elevated U.S. real rates could constrain the metal’s upside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

"Quantum physics allows us to overcome the statistical limits that constrain conventional electron microscopes," says Elias Pescoller.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

“You don’t want to get into a situation where you constrain your own products in the years to come because you were giving away the compute forever,” Johnsen added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

In response, tech executives are clearly realizing that city councils and state legislatures can do a lot to constrain them.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

For the Arguments to induce belief, though of sufficient certainty, yet do not so constrain the mind to give its assent, but there is prudence and choice in it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

It also constrains certain theories involving extra spatial dimensions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

“The current debt overhang constrains external financing, limits public investment capacity and prevents full re-engagement with the international financial system,” the office of Venezuela’s vice presidency for the economy said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

The state’s limited refinery capacity makes it more vulnerable to crude price shocks, and its mandate for anti-smog gas formulations in the summer also constrains gas supplies, pushing prices higher.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

Mark Joseph Stern: Because Congress did something that was long overdue—it wrote a statute that tightly constrains the executive branch.

From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2025

A striking example of Bloor’s inability to acknowledge that nature constrains science is to be found on p.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

However, their role in driving indoor atmospheric chemistry and nanoparticle formation remains poorly constrained.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

“Overall, the price looks high but Sandals is a premium asset in a supply constrained market,” the Bernstein analysts said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

With demand remaining resilient, oil prices may need to stay elevated for longer to bring consumption back in line with constrained supply.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Tanker markets remain exceptionally strong, supported by rerouting demand and constrained effective supply, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Indeed scientific knowledge, properly understood, must be seen to be both constructed and constrained.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Huang noted more than once that capacity, not demand, is constraining Nvidia’s growth—it projected 70% revenue growth for fiscal 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

"Ever since the 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake in Japan, we realized that the tsunami data had really valuable information for constraining shallow slip," said Melgar.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026

But the Ukrainians are constraining this revenue source.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

“Put differently, physical shortages are constraining actual consumption, so what appears to be demand destruction is a supply loss showing up on the demand side of the ledger.”

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026

In this very weak sense, of course, mathematics is constraining, as is all reality, but it has no independent power to coerce.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos