- present participle of constrain.
constraining
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"As a result, they've become textbook examples of convergent evolution, which can tell us a lot about the processes driving and constraining adaptive change in response to similar environmental cues."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
“Rising attacks on tankers in and around the Strait of Hormuz are again constraining oil flows from the Persian Gulf,” the analysts add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
This leads to people constraining their budgets early in retirement, and dying with even more money than they started with at the beginning of retirement.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
“This is constraining international students from thriving and achieving success,” Ding said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
In this very weak sense, of course, mathematics is constraining, as is all reality, but it has no independent power to coerce.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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