restrict
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The Senate bill would also restrict players from transferring more than once and codify the NCAA’s five-year eligibility limit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Find insight on Petronas and the proposal to restrict U.S. diesel exports and more in the latest Market Talks covering energy and utilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
That boundary can also restrict the movement of marine animals.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The suit notes precedent is a case from 1977 that ruled the White House cannot arbitrarily restrict press credentials for reporters on grounds that there’s retaliation for viewpoint discrimination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Southern colonies did not hesitate to invent ways to extend the terms of servitude, and the planter class accumulated uncultivated lands to restrict the options of free workers.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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It restricts websites and ads designed to make resellers look like authorized ticket sources.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
A quarter-point rate hike from here would get the federal funds rate between 4% and 4.25%, what Kaplan says is in the neighborhood of the neutral rate that neither accelerates nor restricts the economy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
The government policy, which came into effect from 1 September, restricts mandatory uniform items with school logos to three for primary schools and four for secondary schools, with the latter including ties.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
A low-carbohydrate diet, also known as the Atkins or ketogenic diet, greatly restricts carbohydrates.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
‘He restricts my powers. This storm above? I haven’t had this much fun in ages, yet it is only a small taste of what I can do!’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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Before the Iran war restricted exports through the Strait of Hormuz, the kingdom routed most of its oil via the narrow waterway to customers in Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
"We don't want people to be restricted given the fact that it's now at this time where the vets think there's unlikely to be transmission of the disease," Fairlie added.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
He will also qualify for a signing bonus of $31.5 million to come over to the new company, paid through restricted stock units.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
That accompanied $54 million in restricted stock under the company’s regular pay program, nearly $3 million in cash and $2.5 million in personal travel on company aircraft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The government ordered him to be held as a "restricted or isolated prisoner" to keep him separated from the other inmates.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
The UN Human Rights Council on Monday unanimously urged the Taliban to repeal all practices restricting the fundamental freedoms of women and girls, saying Afghanistan's institutionalised discrimination should shock humanity.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
For years, home prices have marched upward, hitting new record highs as people hung on to their homes and their ultralow mortgage rates, restricting supply.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said drone activity and air strikes were putting civilians, vital infrastructure and aid operations at risk, while insecurity and road closures were restricting humanitarian movements.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Both worry that restricting the program to English will also be a loss for their children, who they believe would benefit from the extra support for language acquisition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The only stipulation was that he had to describe the two models impartially, without arguing in favour of the Copernican system, and restricting himself to the astronomical and mathematical arguments on both sides.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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