finite
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Since attention is finite, for instance, many of us would benefit from the artificial constraint of leaving our phones in the other room and checking email less frequently.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Under practical finite key conditions, the setup maintained an average secure key rate of about ~15 bits/s, a level considered suitable for real-world encrypted text messaging applications.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
Concern about climate change "had taken second place to issues like cost of living, economy and also immigration" in recent years, the environment psychologist explained, citing a hypothesis known as the "finite pool of worry".
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
Wireless spectrum—the frequencies that wireless calls and data travel over—is a finite resource that every mobile company needs.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
On the one hand, they knew the universe to be finite.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing finite
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