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limitation

[lim-i-tay-shuhn] / ˌlɪm ɪˈteɪ ʃən /


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However, the findings also highlight an important limitation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

A major limitation was that the process only worked when the two corals shared the same genetic background, or "genet."

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

And that’s the only limitation, but I think one which is being invested away as we speak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Cornell says it is legally prevented from publicly disclosing specific disciplinary outcomes about disciplinary students, adding that "we recognise that this legal limitation can be frustrating".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

It was a curious phenomenon, and Galileo passed the problem on to his assistant, Torricelli, who started doing experiments, trying to figure out the reason for the pumps’ curious limitation.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

All wealth tax revenue estimates, including our own, face inherent limitations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

These limitations mean that other factors could help explain the association.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Health experts say it highlights the limitations of relying on temperature checks and self-declarations.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Deutsche Bank’s base case is that due to fundamental limitations on the speed AI programs and systems can achieve, we won’t reach superintelligence.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Eisenhower, now fully alive to the limitations of the scientific advice Strauss had been feeding him, disingenuously asked him to explain the discord in the scientific community about the efficacy of monitoring.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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