constrain
Example Sentences
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LaGuardia is one of three airports where the FAA already restricts the number of runway slots to constrain capacity, alongside New York’s JFK International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Reeves said any package would be constrained by the government's borrowing rules and its wish to keep inflation and interest rates "as low as possible".
From BBC
Polyethylene prices could rise further amid lower plant operating rates and constrained feedstock supply, with additional upside if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed for longer, he adds.
Elevated crude costs, structural demand softness in China and ongoing petrochemical oversupply are expected to constrain the company’s profitability, she adds.
“On the other hand, for Poland as a net commodity importer, higher energy prices are a negative supply-side shock, which might constrain output and activity.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
