constrained
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Food, water and medicine grow scarce, and everyone seems constrained by fate and history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
“We expect Micron will post better results and higher guidance, supported by a structurally stronger-for-longer memory cycle driven by hyperscaler demand and constrained supply,” Vinh wrote in a research note Sunday.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
As a result, even if crude production comes back, fuel and gas supplies can remain constrained due to slower recovery in these downstream facilities.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
In fairness to Caine, his position is genuinely constrained.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
So though we had great will to speak to the other, we were constrained in our discourse; I fretted at my ignorance.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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