restraint
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"Investors have come to view that restraint as a strength rather than a weakness, particularly as capex commitments at Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon run into the hundreds of billions of dollars each."
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
The activist said he wanted "to salute all the students who conducted themselves with remarkable restraint" during Monday's crackdown on the CJP.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Deployment doesn’t just unleash the airbag; it also deploys the car’s supplemental restraint system, the entire airbag system.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
If they win, authorities and fans have called for caution and restraint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
In fact, I’m a model patient, my lethargy taken for restraint, obedience to the doctors’ orders.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
Specificity is key, because AI recommendations are going to be more targeted if there are more restraints in the prompt.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
“Regulation is not about slowing down progress. It is about asking questions and saying that in the absence of answers, we’re going to put on reasonable restraints that we can revisit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026
There are also other potential restraints on the U.S. escalating.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
The judges found in the case of three restraints, force used was "not reasonable in all the circumstances" and that £2,000 in compensatory damages for each of them awarded in 2024 remained warranted.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
At sight of it Goodwife Cruff’s anger burst through all restraints.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
Vocabulary lists containing restraint
Theodore Roosevelt on "New Nationalism" (1910)
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Excerpts from "Jacobson v. Massachusetts"
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