finite
Example Sentences
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And in 1972, Californians voted to create the state Coastal Commission, to protect the state’s fragile and finite coastal lands.
From Los Angeles Times
Spectrum is a finite resource that every wireless or broadband data provider needs.
From Barron's
But society’s realization that birds were a finite resource and worth saving makes for a hell of a story.
Their book may be wrong on some issues, but it is hard to dispute that the earth has finite natural resources, limited human carrying capacity and that excessive growth has resulted in environmental destruction.
New Mayan cities and communities—which were expected to have finite lifespans—emerged in proximity to abandoned places “that must have been understood as old yet still within historical memory.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
