constrain

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The First Amendment and decades of precedent constrain executive agencies.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Presidents have a freer hand to craft policy on the global stage, with lawmakers and courts less empowered to constrain them.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

"A prolonged disruption... would begin to erode inventories, constrain logistics and tighten global oil and gas balances, with much greater effects on prices."

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

"This should pave the way for applying this method in the future as we continue to increase the sensitivity, better constrain the gravitational-wave background, and maybe even detect it," says Cousins.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026

And the lack of safety cannot help but constrain your sense of the galaxy.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates