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constrained

[kuhn-streynd] / kənˈstreɪnd /
ADJECTIVE
forced
Synonyms


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You’ve got to earn the right each and every day to be in that shopping basket, particularly when budgets are so constrained.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Blanche seems to be quite aggressively auditioning for the AG job, and he also seems to be much less constrained by whatever the thing was that once constrained Bondi.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

Imports from the US meanwhile, while growing, have been constrained by the fact that the US aviation market uses a different fuel specification to most of the rest of the world.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

“We’ve been supply constrained even as we’ve been ramping up our capacity,” said CEO Sundar Pichai during the recent fourth-quarter earnings call.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Our other example of indigenous agriculture apparently constrained by the local flora comes from the eastern United States.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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