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constraint

[kuhn-streynt] / kənˈstreɪnt /




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Really, the constraint on Chinese growth is chronic malinvestment of the country’s savings, which are diverted toward export-manufacturing industries and low-productivity state-owned enterprises rather than toward investment in domestic services and the like.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

He dismisses regulation as a constraint on US competitiveness with China, even as more and more Americans come out angrily against AI and the huge energy-consuming data centers needed to power it.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Geothermal energy does have one real constraint compared with nuclear SMR.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Cooling infrastructure — water rights, supply chains for chillers and heat exchangers — has become a project-level constraint.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Thus they can act freely, without the constraint of consistency with their previous history.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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