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This would constrain how fast their own property-tax bills grew.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

It has tried to meet the human-defined objectives set out before it through a path its designers failed to constrain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

That allowed the researchers to determine whether one trait might "constrain" another.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

In response, tech executives are clearly realizing that city councils and state legislatures can do a lot to constrain them.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

Few rules constrain the exercise of his or her discretion.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

It also constrains certain theories involving extra spatial dimensions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

"Economic interdependence, in this sense, constrains the scope for coordinated measures as these would impose significant commercial costs or provoke direct economic retaliation from China."

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Logan stated the Federal Reserve’s current interest rate setting no longer constrains rising prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

The state’s limited refinery capacity makes it more vulnerable to crude price shocks, and its mandate for anti-smog gas formulations in the summer also constrains gas supplies, pushing prices higher.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

A striking example of Bloor’s inability to acknowledge that nature constrains science is to be found on p.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

This suggested that the two signals were constrained to evolve together.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Some in China see calls to slow progress as hard to justify, "particularly given their perception that US measures such as export controls have already constrained China's AI development for years," they said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

While Middle East crude exports have recovered significantly, refined-product flows remain severely constrained, particularly diesel, the agency said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The company’s ”actual output” could be constrained by its component suppliers, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

In a sense, we shall be obliged to swing back again, still believing in the new way but constrained by the facts of life to live in the old.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

In a region dotted with Southern Baptist churches, county leaders have historically focused on small government, constraining taxes and supporting police.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

This leads to people constraining their budgets early in retirement, and dying with even more money than they started with at the beginning of retirement.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

"Ever since the 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake in Japan, we realized that the tsunami data had really valuable information for constraining shallow slip," said Melgar.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026

In a Wednesday afternoon speech in El Paso, Texas, Logan said that the Fed’s current interest rate setting, 3.5% to 3.75%, no longer appears to be constraining rising prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

It was clear that a way had to be found to capture the profits of laboratory discoveries without undermining academic standards or constraining scientific inquiry.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik