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constraint

[kuhn-streynt] / kənˈstreɪnt /




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Ultimately, the key constraint for America taking the road of greater prosperity and harmony isn’t exclusively about designing the right policies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

That is the deeper and longer-term constraint Warsh will face.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Cooling infrastructure — water rights, supply chains for chillers and heat exchangers — has become a project-level constraint.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

A former minister and Burnham backer said: "He has committed to the rules as they are. It is totally essential. He understands the cost of borrowing is a huge constraint on government."

From BBC • May 18, 2026

What Shapin offers is essentially a circular argument: talk of constraint is incompatible with relativism, but historians are committed to relativism, consequently they must not talk of constraint.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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