restraint
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Her paintings, like her images, feel like moving through a fog made of glass and wood, chaos and restraint, Lilith in a Victorian steel mill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Independent councillor Barry Monteith called for a "little bit of restraint until the proper facts emerge"
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Warsh said he would be hard pressed to describe broad financial conditions as restrictive, with credit and loan markets showing few signs of restraint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
"It will require rule of law, restraint, honest communication, disciplined leadership, and institutions that can still listen," Rwabwogo said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
You’re disappointed in me, you expected more restraint from me, you no doubt want me to act the way a fourteen-year-old is supposed to.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
DWP officials concede they’re hampered by budget restraints, manpower limitations, long project timelines and the sizable footprint of the repairs needed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Specificity is key, because AI recommendations are going to be more targeted if there are more restraints in the prompt.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
There are also other potential restraints on the U.S. escalating.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
But if Thompson’s noir tales are bound by the restraints of the era and genre, they are also liberated by them, and these books are surprisingly experimental.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
The woodworkers toiled all through the night to complete the restraints, furnishing them with ambitious if crude engravings.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Vocabulary lists containing restraint
Theodore Roosevelt on "New Nationalism" (1910)
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Excerpts from "Jacobson v. Massachusetts"
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