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restrict

[ri-strikt] / rɪˈstrɪkt /


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The company’s move to restrict key witnesses is newer.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Alongside efforts to restrict access and harmful information, the researchers suggest that emergency services could take additional steps to reduce the consequences of sodium nitrite poisoning.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

A growing number of countries are taking steps to restrict social media access amid multiplying warnings over its harmful effects on children.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

A Bronx jury found Omar Habib guilty of “unlawful methods of restraint,” a law that applies specifically to police officers and bars them from chokeholds that restrict a person’s ability to breathe.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

I don’t see why I should have to restrict myself, lots of people don’t.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

The brain has its own specialized immune cells, along with the blood-brain barrier, which restricts many substances and cells from entering brain tissue.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

They are also protected under CITES, an international agreement that tightly restricts trade in endangered species.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The United States restricts exports to China of the most cutting-edge silicon chips used to power artificial intelligence systems, designed by industry leader Nvidia.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

Chinese AI executives have expressed concern that they will struggle to close the gap with the U.S. because Washington restricts China’s access to the world’s best chips and chip-making equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 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

Access to an airline’s top-tier airport lounge may be restricted or not included at all.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

At La Albufera National Park, a protected coastal wetland covering 21,000 hectares south of Valencia, officials have spent the past week turning away or ejecting unauthorized onlookers attempting to enter restricted areas.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

When electrons are restricted to a two-dimensional plane and interact strongly enough, they can begin behaving very differently from ordinary electrons.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

At the same time, Beijing also reportedly restricted travel for two of Manus' co-founders, preventing them from leaving China.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

With the flight of the Loyalists onto ships, royal power in this execrable Colony is restricted into still more minute compass.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Meta argues it implemented measures to protect young users from predators, such as restricting direct messages from adults.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

"I do not believe restricting access to foreign open source models is an effective solution," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

“I do not believe restricting access to foreign open source models is an effective solution. Our goal should be for American open source models to be the best globally,” said Zuckerberg.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

The charity added that with no meaningful rain forecast it was putting measures in place to conserve water, including restricting lock usage in some instances.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

The story went on to say, “The federal government is permitting a California biotechnology company to license three experimental cancer drugs from Cuba—making an exception to the policy of tightly restricting trade with that country.”

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman




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