constrain
Example Sentences
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"Compounding this situation is the decline in foreign reserves and Government savings, which are further constraining fiscal space and exchange rate policy options."
From Barron's
Dispersing coyotes are constrained by Interstate 280 to the south, where coyotes are struck and killed every year, she added.
From Los Angeles Times
The laws don’t expressly prohibit the organization from working in the West Bank or in Gaza but have constrained its ability to operate there.
America’s strategic superiority was constrained by the limitations of the new geopolitical realities, and it had no intention of starting a nuclear war.
“The internet shutdown has severely constrained our access to information,” said Ahmed Benchemsi, a spokesperson for the Middle East and North Africa office of Human Rights Watch.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
