How to Use restriction in a Sentence

restriction

noun
  • Building in that area came with some restrictions.
  • They will lift export restrictions.
  • They placed restrictions on smoking indoors.
  • But on a recent summer evening, the air filled with the sound of bleating goats and the scent of fried dough, there were few restrictions.
    Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The videos now have a prompt at the bottom noting the sound was removed due to copyright restrictions.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The next most-common outcome, in 17% of challenges, was for a book to be placed under some form of restriction.
    Hannah Natanson The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Details of the restrictions are also available at this link.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Still, some transgender adults in the state say they have been dropped from their doctors due to the new restrictions and requirements.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 11 June 2023
  • Every airport may have its own set of guidelines and restrictions.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The move comes as states like Ohio impose their own restrictions on teen social media access.
    Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The judge laid out tight restrictions governing distribution of the videos.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Exit ahead of the restriction and take eastbound McDowell or Buckeye roads to hit I-17.
    The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Many treehouse resorts are adults-only or have age restrictions due to their design.
    House Beautiful, 16 June 2023
  • But that can be a tricky option due to the aforementioned restrictions on cannabis paid advertising.
    Arshad Lasi, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Abortions spiked in states neighboring or near those with restrictions after the overturn of Roe v. Wade, according to a new study.
    Breccan F. Thies, Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2023
  • College Board officials say there’s no way to do so and have advised schools not to offer the program until the restrictions are removed.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Those restrictions would not apply until all legal challenges are resolved, thanks to an April order by the Supreme Court.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Such restrictions haven’t stopped people from visiting the Big Apple—and this holiday season is a major test of the city’s new rules.
    Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2023
  • At the time, Musk chafed publicly at lockdown restrictions, being among the first to order workers back to factories and offices.
    Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Ecuador was the first country in the world to include the rights of nature in their constitution, and there are numerous restrictions to protect the fragile ecosystem.
    Rhonda Abrams, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
  • In New York, new rules may help grant midwives the ability to be in charge of their own birth centers, after previous restrictions made that a challenge.
    Bracey Harris, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The Central Bank loosened restrictions on who could lend, a move meant to spur competition in the financial sector.
    Gabriela Sa Pessoa, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Sometimes people go on diets and the restrictions have an effect on their emotional state.
    Emma Fox, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The software spits out a list of jobs and percentages indicating how well each job satisfies the restrictions.
    WIRED, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Nordstrom closed 16 of its stores under the pressure of pandemic restrictions.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
  • More than 40% of book restrictions occurred in Florida.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Since the war began on October 7, restrictions for Palestinians living in the West Bank have risen to unseen levels.
    WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The group is already expecting prices to become worse, parking to become less available and restrictions to become tighter as the weekend comes.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Green also said that travel restrictions to West Maui would be lifted on Oct. 8, a week earlier than the original plan.
    Becky Worley, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • That’s left states to enact the only restrictions so far on political AI deepfakes.
    Ali Swenson, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2023

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