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limitation

[lim-i-tey-shuhn] / ˌlɪm ɪˈteɪ ʃən /


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Customers including AI labs and large corporations have clamored to rent access to chips and computing equipment from them—to such an extent that their ability to supply it is more of a limitation than demand.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Given the limitation of personal screens, this only reveals the varying frame dimensions, but it’s pretty fun to flick through them.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

To overcome this limitation, the researchers incorporated metamaterials directly into the MRI antenna.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

"It's damage limitation really," Wainwright adds, who says individual players will react differently and some may struggle to sleep.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

A related limitation is that few people ever learned to write these early scripts.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Buyers will also have to be informed of any limitations in autonomous systems.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

For Coop, his physical limitations become a realistic hurdle.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Their algorithm, called 'geographically ranked guaranteed proportionality', is designed to work around some of the limitations built into existing electoral systems.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

The experience suggests that to achieve enlightenment, one must embrace these limitations, come to peace with contradictions, and maintain faith in a larger order that we cannot fathom.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Even the most gifted of lawyers, equipped with the best of family lessons, cannot escape the limitations of their generation.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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