constrain

Constrain magnesium and you constrain aircraft, missiles, ships, satellites, automobiles and American beer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Inclusive institutions both constrain and broadly distribute power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

“Moreover, the rapidly increasing equity supply expected over the coming quarters, alongside potentially tighter monetary policy, could constrain equity multiples,” the strategists said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

She said this would constrain whoever is Prime Minister.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

For the Arguments to induce belief, though of sufficient certainty, yet do not so constrain the mind to give its assent, but there is prudence and choice in it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

As a result, the idea that oxygen constrains insect size has not been completely ruled out.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026

No law, domestic or international, constrains him, as far as the convicted felon is concerned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025

Mr. Mitchell sees virtue in how diplomacy mitigates costs and constrains violence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

Barron’s: Your latest research on immigration focuses on what happens when constrains are put on the availability of skilled foreign workers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025

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

That’s mainly because global refining capacity for finished fuels is severely constrained by geopolitical conflicts and facility disruptions, even as crude supplies remain relatively stable.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026

Because Bill Clinton, who was president when Roth IRAs were enacted in 1997, was wary of giving wealthy Americans a tax break they didn’t need, contribution limits also were constrained by family income.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

But any U.S. contribution will likely be constrained by size, BMI says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

On Friday, Sánchez accused migrant traffickers of exploiting a decision recently made by the country's supreme court which constrained the government's right to immediately deport people who had arrived by sea.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

And second, singing was becoming less constrained by the three- or four-part structure.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

"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

But the Ukrainians are constraining this revenue source.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

“Put differently, physical shortages are constraining actual consumption, so what appears to be demand destruction is a supply loss showing up on the demand side of the ledger.”

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026

The former Fox News personality, who served as an Army National Guard infantry officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, disdains rules of engagement and other guardrails as constraining to the “warrior ethos.”

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026

In this very weak sense, of course, mathematics is constraining, as is all reality, but it has no independent power to coerce.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos