constrain
Example Sentences
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In the wake of the crisis, new rules required banks to hold more capital against loan losses and cash to handle funding outflows, which constrained their lending.
Treating them as something society can simply “pause” doesn’t reduce demand for digital services; it constrains the supply of compute, raising costs and outsourcing technological progress elsewhere.
The housing market has been constrained for several years, with rising housing costs one of the main drivers.
From Barron's
The estimates rely on the best available data but are constrained by gaps in high-quality cancer data, especially in resource-limited countries.
From Science Daily
“Previously, capacity was constrained by clean room space, but this limitation is being addressed through the acceleration of new clean rooms and the re-purposing of existing ones,” they added.
From MarketWatch
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