limit
Example Sentences
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Tumors can adapt and develop ways to escape immune detection, limiting the effectiveness of treatment.
From Science Daily
They only become stiffer the longer a team’s payroll stays over the limit.
The opacity can be useful for those at the top: it limits liability and protects the bottom line.
From Salon
“That is likely to cap upside to guidance and provide a ceiling to investors’ enthusiasm around the Azure growth number given that expectations are that it is limited until capacity blockers are removed,” Marok wrote.
From Barron's
A call spread—buying one call and selling another with a higher strike price but the same expiration—limits risk and benefits from an advance.
From Barron's
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