constrained
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"If you want to put a sensor out in the wild, in a farm or in a wetland, you are constrained to putting a battery in it or harvesting solar energy," Yen said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
Food, water and medicine grow scarce, and everyone seems constrained by fate and history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Podcasters are less constrained by party discipline, less dependent on access and more responsive to audience sentiment in real time.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
As a result, even if crude production comes back, fuel and gas supplies can remain constrained due to slower recovery in these downstream facilities.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
As soon as I returned to Elsinore, I felt constrained to lie, to deceive the queen herself.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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