finite

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It also means the AI buildout is competing for physical resources — land, energy, construction labor, raw materials — that are finite and already under pressure.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Under practical finite key conditions, the setup maintained an average secure key rate of about ~15 bits/s, a level considered suitable for real-world encrypted text messaging applications.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Concern about climate change "had taken second place to issues like cost of living, economy and also immigration" in recent years, the environment psychologist explained, citing a hypothesis known as the "finite pool of worry".

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Human auditors, for years, pulled a finite sample of these items, extracted the data into an Excel spreadsheet, applied auditing guidelines, and marked whether the items passed or failed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Even though Zeno’s sequence has infinite parts, we can add all of the steps together and still stay within the realm of the finite: 1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ...

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