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constrain

[kuhn-strayn] / kənˈstreɪn /


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Stanton writes in a note that the Integro CI sound processor from Sonova-owned Advanced Bionics could modestly constrain Australia-listed Cochlear’s share of processor upgrades and new system wins in selected European markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

"By revealing this previously hidden soft X-ray phase, Einstein Probe opens a new window for studying neutron star merger remnants and may ultimately help constrain the neutron star equation-of-state."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

It has tried to meet the human-defined objectives set out before it through a path its designers failed to constrain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 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

The term ‘relativism’ is contentious, but I use it, rather than ‘constructivism’, because I want to refer to those who hold that reality does not constrain the beliefs we can hold about the real world.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

It also constrains certain theories involving extra spatial dimensions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 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

No law, domestic or international, constrains him, as far as the convicted felon is concerned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025

Mr. Mitchell sees virtue in how diplomacy mitigates costs and constrains violence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 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

Another point Privorotsky makes is that if the expansion of future compute is constrained, then the value of existing, energized compute rises as a consequence.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Electric bikes can dramatically reduce operating costs for high-mileage riders, it said, although expansion was constrained by the same foreign-exchange shortages affecting the wider economy.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The goal of expanding the chip lineup is to give customers more flexibility and choice as AI compute continues to be constrained.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

However, Cambricon’s continued margin expansion is consistent with the strong demand and improved bargaining power for domestic artificial-intelligence fabless suppliers amid constrained supply, they note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Malvonne could feel the wall of life pressed up against the woman’s palms; feel her hands bashed tender from pounding it; her hips constrained by the clutch of small children.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

"As a result, they've become textbook examples of convergent evolution, which can tell us a lot about the processes driving and constraining adaptive change in response to similar environmental cues."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

He added that “when people hand off tasks to agents, more calls and texts can be made as a person’s attention & time are no longer constraining factors.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Despite its growth so far, Goodles’s relatively small size was constraining further expansion, according to Zeszut.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

It was clear that a way had to be found to capture the profits of laboratory discoveries without undermining academic standards or constraining scientific inquiry.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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