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restriction

[ri-strik-shuhn] / rɪˈstrɪk ʃən /


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The time restriction would be enabled by default settings on social media accounts for children aged 16 and 17, preventing them from accessing social media sites between midnight and 6:00 am.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

The researchers conclude that protein restriction can improve metabolism, alter the way cells react to nutrients, limit cellular damage, and help cells maintain normal function.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

Barkin called the decline in underlying inflation “a positive sign” but added, “you have to be open in these jobs to ask yourself the question whether you’re getting enough restriction or whether you need more.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Placement gets you onto restriction lists for wellness checks that they say may result in an AC bed.

From Slate Jul. 31, 2026

When a severe selection pressure is applied—a rise in temperature or a sharp restriction of nutrients—organisms with the “fittest” phenotype are selected.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Under the proposed new legislation, there will be restrictions on members of the public carrying such weapons.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

When pandemic travel restrictions eased in late 2021, the three founders gathered for planning sessions and some hiking in Kasauli, a small town in India’s Himalayan foothills.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Nicholson added that customers seemed to bear the warnings and restrictions well.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Notably absent from Mr. Huang’s letter were OpenAI and Anthropic—the labs most capable of releasing frontier-class American open models, but also among those lobbying for restrictions on Chinese ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

The security restrictions also burdened Lawrence personally, and not merely because they added a new administrative concern to his expanding responsibilities.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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