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"By revealing this previously hidden soft X-ray phase, Einstein Probe opens a new window for studying neutron star merger remnants and may ultimately help constrain the neutron star equation-of-state."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

An inability to replicate Phase 2a efficacy signals would reduce rentosertib’s value, and even if efficacy is demonstrated, safety-driven dose modification could constrain commercial uptake, the analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 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

You sense it all around in the pointed lack of ornamentation, plants, or reason for hope—walls built not to shelter but to constrain.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

It also constrains certain theories involving extra spatial dimensions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

I think that constrains what you’re able to do.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 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

However, refined product flows remain largely constrained, with diesel supply balances very tight, said McNally.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

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

The IEA said Middle East crude exports have recovered significantly, but refined-product flows remain severely constrained.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

He took a hop-step toward Katherine; he seemed barely constrained by the ropes around his ankles.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

He added that “when people hand off tasks to agents, more calls and texts can be made as a person’s attention & time are no longer constraining factors.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

Huang noted more than once that capacity, not demand, is constraining Nvidia’s growth—it projected 70% revenue growth for fiscal 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 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