finite

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And in 1972, Californians voted to create the state Coastal Commission, to protect the state’s fragile and finite coastal lands.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Spectrum is a finite resource that every wireless or broadband data provider needs.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

And the red-hot demand and high prices those chips command are leaving little spare room for other product segments in a finite number of production lines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

The Department of Health said its services face extra pressure during winter and that it "has a finite capacity and severe pressures arise when hospitals are forced to operate often well beyond capacity".

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

However, there is no infinity; there are a finite number of spheres, and a finite number of things that are moving each other.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife