restrict
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Voters in 10 states are weighing more than 40 proposals that could restrict data-center development in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Over time, these deposits can restrict blood flow and increase the risk of heart disease.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
Several other helicopter accidents were reported during the 2025 pilgrimage season, prompting aviation authorities to tighten safety checks and restrict some operations.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The new policy could make it more difficult for the FDA to restrict peptides in the future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Contemporary European rulers also included some who despised guns and tried to restrict their availability.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Health authorities continue to face shortages of resources, while insecurity caused by armed groups in Ituri province, the area hardest hit by the epidemic, restricts access to some communities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
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
A red tag marks a building as unsafe to enter, and a yellow tag restricts its use.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 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
“I shudder to think what that means. But perhaps it will limit Kronos’s power. For a time, at least, he is confined to a human form. It binds him together. Hopefully it also restricts him.”
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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But after tenant advocates warned that rent-controlled apartments would be demolished and homeowners complained that density threatened historic neighborhoods, Bass restricted the locations eligible for the program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
The U.S. at one time purchased ingredients for energetics from Russia and China, but many of those exports have been restricted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
On the other hand, stablecoin issuers are restricted under the Genius Act as to what they can invest in.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Acharaya's account was first restricted from 28 September to 6 October, when users in India could neither find his profile through search nor access it through a web link.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
He restricted his vest-pocket empire of worn, exotic clothing, false perfumes, and cheap jewelry to those places.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Australia's ban works by restricting children under 16 from holding accounts on the world's biggest social media platforms.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 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
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
Rather than relying on medication to reduce inflammation, this approach uses carefully placed fluid to separate the affected nerve from nearby tissues that may be restricting its movement.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
The story went on to say, “The federal government is permitting a California biotechnology company to license three experimental cancer drugs from Cuba—making an exception to the policy of tightly restricting trade with that country.”
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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