- present participle of constrain.
constraining
Example Sentences
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"Ever since the 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake in Japan, we realized that the tsunami data had really valuable information for constraining shallow slip," said Melgar.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
The former Fox News personality, who served as an Army National Guard infantry officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, disdains rules of engagement and other guardrails as constraining to the “warrior ethos.”
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026
Fragmentation compels banks and asset managers to localize balance sheets and hold excess capital, constraining cross-border intermediation and dampening growth.
From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026
Their disposal would shrink Axiata’s revenue base and increase exposure to higher-risk markets such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Cambodia, potentially constraining ratings despite lower leverage, it adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
In this very weak sense, of course, mathematics is constraining, as is all reality, but it has no independent power to coerce.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
