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That allowed the researchers to determine whether one trait might "constrain" another.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

In response, tech executives are clearly realizing that city councils and state legislatures can do a lot to constrain them.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

The Pentagon said at the time that private companies should not be able to constrain military action.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Constrain magnesium and you constrain aircraft, missiles, ships, satellites, automobiles and American beer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Why should our experience at 10 kilometers an hour constrain the laws of nature at 300,000 kilometers per second?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

I think that constrains what you’re able to do.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

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

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

Holiday lets "can generate important economic and social benefits, especially for households struggling to make ends meet" but "they may also aggravate housing demand pressures in some constrained local housing markets," the EU draft read.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

"Uncertainty in the planning system is a drag on economic growth, investment and infrastructure delivery. In the City, where schemes are complex, constrained and require significant upfront investment, that doubt is especially damaging."

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

That’s far more constrained than “a case-by-case basis.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

He added that both companies “are supply constrained, sold out and raising prices.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

They were ranked by sixes, though, and so were constrained in their firing, only a few able to present at once; and the causeway afforded no cover.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

In tests, AI models have been foiling attempts at constraining them and behaving in unforeseen ways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

"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

“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

While healthcare spending has benefited the economy, population trends could also limit the pace of growth in coming years by constraining the labor pool, as Schmid said this past week.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

In this sense, mathematics is just the opposite of constraining; it is empowering, and at the service of anyone who cares to use it.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos