constrained
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It opens by noting that for companies whose “access to the most advanced lithography is constrained, the constraint became binding earlier and bears down more severely.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Because the process occurs entirely within the plane of the material, it also avoids several efficiency limitations that have constrained earlier detector designs.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
Even after its massive expenditures, Microsoft recently said its cloud-computing capacity was so constrained that it had to forsake external cloud sales to run its own operations.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
"One thing that hasn't helped is we are quite a constrained town," he says.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
He took a hop-step toward Katherine; he seemed barely constrained by the ropes around his ankles.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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