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  • present participle of limit.
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limiting

[lim-i-ting] / ˈlɪm ɪ tɪŋ /




ADJECTIVE
restrictive
Synonyms


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More importantly, they achieve their downside protection by limiting how much of the market’s gains you receive.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

Andy Florance, CoStar’s founder and CEO, previously told Barron’s that it’s focused on building its artificial-intelligence offerings, noting that three-fourths or more of its information business is proprietary, limiting the potential for tech disruption.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

It’s tricky, because they pretend to be limiting themselves with this rigid textualism.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Diversification of energy sources, together with normal supply and demand responses, is limiting the Hormuz shock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

In his words, “One of the great tragedies of man’s long trek along the highway of history has been the limiting of neighborly concern to tribe, race, class or nation.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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