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as in to limit
to set bounds or an upper limit for
circumscribed his enthusiasm so as not to make the losing side feel worse
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Recent Examples of circumscribe
The marketplace of ideas becomes skewed; the choices of buyers in that marketplace are circumscribed.
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James L. Gibson, The Conversation, 26 June 2025
Analysts predicted all sorts of potential Iranian retaliatory measures of various sizes and scales, but Iran ultimately opted for an intense but circumscribed missile attack on the Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq, resulting in no fatalities but more than 100 U.S. personnel with traumatic brain injuries.
—Uri Friedman, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
Yet this project’s geography is circumscribed, its borders hedged.
—Daniel Felsenthal, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Yet these men’s behavior was tightly circumscribed, at least in appearance.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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James L. Gibson, The Conversation, 26 June 2025
Analysts predicted all sorts of potential Iranian retaliatory measures of various sizes and scales, but Iran ultimately opted for an intense but circumscribed missile attack on the Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq, resulting in no fatalities but more than 100 U.S. personnel with traumatic brain injuries.
—Uri Friedman, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
Yet this project’s geography is circumscribed, its borders hedged.
—Daniel Felsenthal, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Yet these men’s behavior was tightly circumscribed, at least in appearance.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumscribe
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Lyra’s existence pushes back against the moral absolutes and gendered expectations that define her world and seek to limit her agency.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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This helps limit what hackers and AI scrapers can learn about you online.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Their rugged endurance is what endears Jeeps to car-lovers with a sense of history and who appreciate the significance of a vehicle that defined an indefatigable generation.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
17 Oct. 2025
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Lyra’s existence pushes back against the moral absolutes and gendered expectations that define her world and seek to limit her agency.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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Dozens of experts met at a two-day conference on engineering and safeguarding synthetic life in Manchester, UK, in September to discuss where red lines should be drawn to restrict research into technologies that could enable the creation of mirror organisms.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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On Tuesday, Meta announced that teen accounts on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won’t be able to change their settings without a parent’s permission.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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There, protesters confined to an area of downtown Los Angeles clashed with federal agents.—
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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And once that happens, the risks do not stay confined to one company.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Circumscribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumscribe. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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