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Many market players and analysts had sought a half-point rate cut rather than the more conventional quarter-point move on Wednesday, arguing that the central bank had kept interest rates too high for too long, constricting businesses and straining consumers, especially younger and moderate-income households whose debts and delinquency rates have risen significantly.

Some senior leaders at the committees worried that the agreement might have unforeseen consequences, perhaps constricting how campaigns use AI, according to multiple Democratic operatives familiar with the outreach.

However, MPs on the Education Select Committee say the plans risk "constricting student choice".

Development and commerce have indeed flourished within those distinct areas, but recent analyses have faulted the strategy for constricting supply and barring cheaper forms of housing throughout much of the city, to the detriment of middle-class communities and people of color.

The lane I was driving in felt constricting and narrow; trucks on either side of me felt hulking and ominous.