finite

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Wireless spectrum—the frequencies that wireless calls and data travel over—is a finite resource that every mobile company needs.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

And in 1972, Californians voted to create the state Coastal Commission, to protect the state’s fragile and finite coastal lands.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Their book may be wrong on some issues, but it is hard to dispute that the earth has finite natural resources, limited human carrying capacity and that excessive growth has resulted in environmental destruction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

There is a pot of money available to help homeowners with the installation costs but it's finite and demand for heat pumps is growing.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

These two ideas transcend our finite understanding, he wrote, “the former on account of their magnitude, the latter because of their smallness.”

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife