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"There are foundational principles in condensed matter physics that constrain how different phases can appear and disappear when one changes the temperature or applies a magnetic field," May-Mann said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Refined products such as diesel and gasoline accounted for 11% of overall flows through the strait, down from more than 20% before the conflict, as damage to Middle Eastern refineries continued to constrain fuel supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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

Why should our experience at 10 kilometers an hour constrain the laws of nature at 300,000 kilometers per second?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

It also constrains certain theories involving extra spatial dimensions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 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

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

This suggested that the two signals were constrained to evolve together.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Some in China see calls to slow progress as hard to justify, "particularly given their perception that US measures such as export controls have already constrained China's AI development for years," they said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

While Middle East crude exports have recovered significantly, refined-product flows remain severely constrained, particularly diesel, the agency said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The company’s ”actual output” could be constrained by its component suppliers, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

They were ranked by sixes, though, and so were constrained in their firing, only a few able to present at once; and the causeway afforded no cover.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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

This leads to people constraining their budgets early in retirement, and dying with even more money than they started with at the beginning of retirement.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 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

Coming into the conflict, the ECB’s interest rate was at the level economists believe is neutral for the economy—neither constraining nor stimulating growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Gaia turned into loose white sand, but Jason summoned a squadron of venti who churned around her, constraining her in a cocoon of wind.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan