straitened
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Young scientists are naturally reluctant to expose themselves to anti-science obloquy; the straitened condition of the national press has led to mass layoffs of journalists with the knowledge and skill to communicate scientific truths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025
But merchants and analysts said the dollarization boost has proven insufficient in the face of limited credit, a depreciating local currency, higher taxes, straitened public spending amid lower oil income, and rising utility bills.
From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2023
Indeed, the fans are only now starting to get used to the USA's new straitened circumstances.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2023
But that doesn’t mean an economically straitened Britain won’t throw an extravagant party as it crowns its first king in seven decades in May.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2023
Knowing we were in straitened circumstances, she brought bags of “old” clothes that looked fairly new to me.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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