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restrict

[ri-strikt] / rɪˈstrɪkt /


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The order miss can partly be explained by soft September Class 8 truck demand and Volvo’s decision to restrict orders to keep production and order intake closely aligned amid ongoing inflationary pressures, Kempf adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

“There are literally no parameters in the law that we are aware of that would restrict the installation of these things,” Yukelson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The rules allow authorities and courts to order social media platforms to remove or restrict content.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Amazon sued Perplexity in November 2025, accusing the startup of using its Comet browser agent to covertly make purchases on its marketplace, and has also moved to restrict agents from Google and OpenAI.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

She had to bring Clara with her on marketing days, but though her stepsister now controlled the purse, she did little else to restrict her.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

While the U.S. restricts companies from importing goods such as cotton and textiles from the region, in general it doesn’t prohibit American firms from selling there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

International students have also faced pressures, as the government restricts visa programs and increases costs significantly for others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The agreement on "made in Europe" restricts its application regarding cars to the EU's 27 countries, with an opt-in for a handful of others, notably Britain and Norway under certain conditions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

A quarter-point rate hike from here would get the federal funds rate between 4% and 4.25%, what Kaplan says is in the neighborhood of the neutral rate that neither accelerates nor restricts the economy.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

The “no hair” theorem is of great practical importance, because it so greatly restricts the possible types of black holes.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

On the other hand, stablecoin issuers are restricted under the Genius Act as to what they can invest in.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

For a few years, it was restricted from paying dividends, a condition of the government-backed funding it received to help stabilize the business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Ukraine now has a "stable connection" to Starlink, its defence minister has said, after its military suffered days of restricted connectivity on the satellite internet network.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

As the cells squeezed through these restricted passages, their nuclei underwent visible deformation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

We were restricted as to where and when we could go into their community.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

This layer helps limit unwanted chemical reactions between the lithium and the electrolyte while also restricting the growth of damaging lithium spikes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

The city would have discretion over how exactly to do that, but one possibility is that L.A. could follow Paris’ lead in restricting tourist crowds around the Eiffel Tower.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

With the September hike, interest rates are now in the 1.1% to 2.5% range that the bank considers neither stimulating nor restricting the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

She resigned from Google DeepMind this week and spoke about her concerns exclusively with the BBC, despite her contract restricting her from doing so.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

In addition to restricting the overall size of their virtual environments, earlier MMOs had been forced to limit their virtual populations, usually to a few thousand users per server.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline


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