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as in restricts
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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as in defines
to mark the limits of
Lake Michigan circumscribes the city of Chicago on the east
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The law restricts surrogacy to cases where a mother can’t physically carry a pregnancy to term or where pregnancy would harm her or the fetus.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026 -
Children aged 13, 14 and 15 years old may only ride in accordance with its policy that restricts online ticket purchases for unaccompanied minors and limits the number of underage passengers per train.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
13 May 2026
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Across both the château and villa collection, the interiors avoid the polish that often defines contemporary luxury hospitality.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
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The company’s growth across three markets reflects a model that scales without losing the responsiveness that defines the client experience at the firm level.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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The project limits on Route 218 are from Packard Street in Bloomfield to the west to the Interstate 91 northbound ramps in Windsor to the east.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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That exemption limits how quickly a home's taxable assessed value can rise.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
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Win it, and suddenly the series tightens, the doubt creeps in and the path gets a lot more complicated for Orlando.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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There’s also Title Wave Books in Anchorage, which houses one of the most extensive collections of Indigenous American literature in the country, and Nā Mea Hawai'i, whose collection tightens its scope to Hawaiian culture and history.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Circumscribes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumscribes. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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