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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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Car rides south cost thousands of dollars largely due to the high price of fuel, which Israel restricts into Gaza and is in short supply.—
Aya Batrawy,
NPR,
5 Sep. 2025 -
Usually a president only deploys the National Guard at invitation or consent of the governor, as federal law restricts the president's ability to deploy them unilaterally.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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The study defines the sandwich generation as adults who have at least one child under 18 and a living parent—which is around one in four Americans.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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No one game defines a season, no one loss defines a career.—
Don Yaeger,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The feature does not allow customers to purchase whole orders and limits customers to only purchasing 14 during the restock.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Judge Charles Breyer determined that the deployment of the troops, 300 of which are still in Los Angeles, did not comply with the Posse Comitatus Act, which limits federal military troops from enforcing civilian laws.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
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Although the brand shares that the formula tightens skin, my face felt balanced, refreshed, and hydrated.—
Tatayana Yomary,
Essence,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Persons and Family Code law, making Burkina Faso the latest in a series of African countries to criminalize lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activity, also tightens rules on nationality and stateless people.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Circumscribes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumscribes. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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