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

Spectrum is a finite resource that every wireless or broadband data provider needs.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 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

Tom Buschatzke, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, issued the decision, saying the future of residents and local businesses “depends upon protecting the finite groundwater resources.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

While there is only so much area on the surface of the sphere, there is no edge to this universe—it is finite but unbounded.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan