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“Moreover, the rapidly increasing equity supply expected over the coming quarters, alongside potentially tighter monetary policy, could constrain equity multiples,” the strategists said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

"This will constrain whoever is Prime Minister following a potential leadership challenge after Andy Burnham's win in the Makerfield by-election."

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Analysts note that the valuation Anthropic sets will constrain OpenAI’s ability to set its own price when it goes public.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

With no insurer contract to constrain them, providers can set rates as high as they want.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

“I’ve got it all worked out,” Dobbs whispered, gripping the side of Orr’s cot with white-knuckled hands to constrain them from waving.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Logan stated the Federal Reserve’s current interest rate setting no longer constrains rising prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

The state’s limited refinery capacity makes it more vulnerable to crude price shocks, and its mandate for anti-smog gas formulations in the summer also constrains gas supplies, pushing prices higher.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

As a result, the idea that oxygen constrains insect size has not been completely ruled out.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026

Mark Joseph Stern: Because Congress did something that was long overdue—it wrote a statute that tightly constrains the executive branch.

From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2025

A striking example of Bloor’s inability to acknowledge that nature constrains science is to be found on p.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The company anticipates that capacity and infrastructure will only become more constrained going forward as AI demand increases.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

But he acknowledged that it is "a very difficult thing to deliver" in an uncertain world, where "public finances are constrained" and politicians face "hard decisions".

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

He did not expect "imminent improvement" and warned that sales were no longer "meaningfully constrained by a lack of supply" as the number of properties for sale ticked up in June.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

In practice, they knew, no one was going to force fiscally constrained governments to meet the goal, 10 years away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

The Frenchmen smiled, but their manner was constrained and they seemed in no mood to get drunk.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

"Ever since the 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake in Japan, we realized that the tsunami data had really valuable information for constraining shallow slip," said Melgar.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026

In a Wednesday afternoon speech in El Paso, Texas, Logan said that the Fed’s current interest rate setting, 3.5% to 3.75%, no longer appears to be constraining rising prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

“Put differently, physical shortages are constraining actual consumption, so what appears to be demand destruction is a supply loss showing up on the demand side of the ledger.”

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026

The former Fox News personality, who served as an Army National Guard infantry officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, disdains rules of engagement and other guardrails as constraining to the “warrior ethos.”

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026

It was clear that a way had to be found to capture the profits of laboratory discoveries without undermining academic standards or constraining scientific inquiry.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik