finite

Example Sentences

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The product wasn’t profitable, and every user who spliced themselves into a World War II newsreel or Hollywood chase scene drew down a finite resource.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 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

Speaking at a press briefing afterwards, Honnold said "time is finite", and people should "use it in the best way".

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

The Department of Health said its services face extra pressure during winter and that it "has a finite capacity and severe pressures arise when hospitals are forced to operate often well beyond capacity".

From BBC • Jan. 15, 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