finite

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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

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

And the red-hot demand and high prices those chips command are leaving little spare room for other product segments in a finite number of production lines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 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

According to a number of early cosmologies and the Jewish/Christian/Muslim tradition, the universe started at a finite, and not very distant, time in the past.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking