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Nevertheless, the terms of Akzo’s proposed merger with Axalta constrain negotiations and Nippon Paint would likely need an equity raise to increase its offer, the analysts add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

The overall thrust of the package, the Evercore analysts said, is to reduce regulatory barriers that constrain housing construction by streamlining environmental reviews and encouraging localities to adopt zoning and building-code best practices.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

She said this would constrain whoever is Prime Minister.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Analysts note that the valuation Anthropic sets will constrain OpenAI’s ability to set its own price when it goes public.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 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

“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

As a result, the idea that oxygen constrains insect size has not been completely ruled out.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 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

Capacity has remained constrained, leading to higher prices for customers across a range of industries and boosting the bottom line of producers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Sánchez has accused migrant traffickers of exploiting a decision recently made by the country's supreme court which constrained the government's right to immediately deport people who had arrived by sea.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

"Samsung's ability to supply HBM to Nvidia is, in my view, somewhat constrained," Joo Won, head of the economic research division at Hyundai Research Institute, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Over the next three decades, sea level rise pathways are relatively well constrained, making this period especially important for long-range adaptation and infrastructure planning.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

“It was a boat-house originally,” he said, his voice constrained again, difficult, the voice of someone who is uncomfortable about his subject.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

"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

While healthcare spending has benefited the economy, population trends could also limit the pace of growth in coming years by constraining the labor pool, as Schmid said this past week.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

The former Fox News personality, who served as an Army National Guard infantry officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, disdains rules of engagement and other guardrails as constraining to the “warrior ethos.”

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026

But many businesses reported several factors that are constraining their hiring plans, from softer customer demand to rising costs for other business needs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 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