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1
as in compelled
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
constrained by conscience to tell only the truth
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2
as in controlled
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
constrained his anger at the needless interruption
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Recent Examples of constrained
Louis Biscotti,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Vessels need to be extraordinarily careful navigating such constrained channels.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
Dell’s higher 2027 revenue guidance was the result of greater demand for DRAM and NAND chips, combined with constrained supply, said Katherine Murphy at Goldman Sachs.
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Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
It is being shaped by constrained supply, external shocks, and a new level of buyer urgency that is fundamentally altering decision-making.
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Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
Reports suggest that these demonstrations highlight the sophistication of Atlas’s whole-body control system, pointing toward practical applications where robots must operate in complex, constrained environments.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
6 May 2026
When temperatures drop, gas demand climbs, and constrained pipelines that supply the region reach capacity, pushing up electric prices.
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Alex Kuffner,
The Providence Journal,
10 Apr. 2026
In other words, giving reasonable levers for constrained districts and kids who have a clear career pathway that doesn’t require language study.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
The airline’s efforts to revive services have been held back by the closure of Qatar’s airspace, alongside the company’s heavier dependence on long-haul corridors that remain constrained.
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Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
25 Mar. 2026
Clara Preve,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Private equity acquirers, particularly add-on platforms, are constrained by senior-debt service ratios that mechanically discount concentration risk.
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Ron Smith,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Micron's quarterly results reinforced expectations that the market for artificial intelligence memory chips remains supply-constrained, a positive signal for fellow memory-chip maker SK Hynix, analysts said.
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Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
25 June 2026
The actors most capable of destroying the agreement are precisely those least constrained by it.
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Monica Duffy Toft,
The Conversation,
25 June 2026
This critical supply was largely built up before the war, and it can be assumed that the supply lines were constrained during the war’s height.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
24 June 2026
Trump hails the war as a triumphant use of American military might that has constrained a rogue regime and protected the world from its nuclear ambitions.
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Susan Page,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Arapahoe County was one of the few counties out of 64 in the state that were constrained by TABOR.
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Ashley Portillo,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
The moderate president, Masoud Pezeshkian, remains constrained to administrative governance and his reformist comrades have been pushed to the side – some even reportedly under house arrest.
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Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
Adjective
The goal isn’t to replace whey entirely, but to build sufficient flexibility so that a single constrained ingredient doesn’t determine the future of the entire product portfolio.
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Louis Biscotti,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Vessels need to be extraordinarily careful navigating such constrained channels.
—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
Dell’s higher 2027 revenue guidance was the result of greater demand for DRAM and NAND chips, combined with constrained supply, said Katherine Murphy at Goldman Sachs.
—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
It is being shaped by constrained supply, external shocks, and a new level of buyer urgency that is fundamentally altering decision-making.
—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
Reports suggest that these demonstrations highlight the sophistication of Atlas’s whole-body control system, pointing toward practical applications where robots must operate in complex, constrained environments.
—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
6 May 2026
When temperatures drop, gas demand climbs, and constrained pipelines that supply the region reach capacity, pushing up electric prices.
—
Alex Kuffner,
The Providence Journal,
10 Apr. 2026
In other words, giving reasonable levers for constrained districts and kids who have a clear career pathway that doesn’t require language study.
—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
The airline’s efforts to revive services have been held back by the closure of Qatar’s airspace, alongside the company’s heavier dependence on long-haul corridors that remain constrained.
—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
So far, Milei has defended his Cabinet chief, even as the scandal damaged his government’s public image, constrained his political leverage in negotiations with allies and undermined his communication about spending cuts to Argentines scraping by on salaries that increasingly fall behind inflation.
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Clara Preve,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Private equity acquirers, particularly add-on platforms, are constrained by senior-debt service ratios that mechanically discount concentration risk.
—
Ron Smith,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Micron's quarterly results reinforced expectations that the market for artificial intelligence memory chips remains supply-constrained, a positive signal for fellow memory-chip maker SK Hynix, analysts said.
—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
25 June 2026
The actors most capable of destroying the agreement are precisely those least constrained by it.
—
Monica Duffy Toft,
The Conversation,
25 June 2026
This critical supply was largely built up before the war, and it can be assumed that the supply lines were constrained during the war’s height.
—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
24 June 2026
Trump hails the war as a triumphant use of American military might that has constrained a rogue regime and protected the world from its nuclear ambitions.
—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Arapahoe County was one of the few counties out of 64 in the state that were constrained by TABOR.
—
Ashley Portillo,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
The moderate president, Masoud Pezeshkian, remains constrained to administrative governance and his reformist comrades have been pushed to the side – some even reportedly under house arrest.
—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for constrained
Adjective
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The officers and Martin struggle briefly and then he is physically restrained face down.
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The officers and Martin struggle briefly and then he is physically restrained face down.
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In May, Jolie scored a victory of her own when Judge Pánuco determined that she was not required to provide Pitt's attorneys with access to 22 unredacted emails after previous rulings compelled her legal team to do so.
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In the modern admissions process, particularly at selective schools, students are compelled to conflate their self-worth with their ability to package themselves as marketable products.
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Key moment The Dream controlled the game early.
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Unlike other watering systems, the IrriSense 2 houses its controller, sprinkler, electric valve, and nutrient feeder in a single device, controlled via an app on your phone.
Adjective
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Both players were so inhibited for the final game of the set that the level of play resembled something from a local park.
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This really is a time to be less inhibited about going out.
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Extreme heat and dry, windy conditions fueled several wildfires in the West on Sunday, including an uncontained blaze in Utah that forced the evacuation of a small town southwest of Salt Lake City.
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In 1976, the Bicentennial followed the traumas of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal that had forced President Richard Nixon's resignation.
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The companies are now the leading drivers of the burgeoning AI industry, and their competing views about how the technology should be regulated are playing out in a wide-ranging political ad spending war that has targeted congressional races in big cities and rural areas alike.
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Yet this pollution isn’t regulated, and manufacturers are moving to dramatically increase the amount of plastics produced in the United States.
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Zhang, delivering his first fully Cantonese-language performance on the big screen, portrays a repressed small-time man caught between competing versions of reality.
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Grappling with grief Everything – the tough love, the repressed feelings, the cruelty of his father’s illness – is tumbling out of Sanders.
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The study was later shut down after an internal review confirmed that patients were coerced into participating.
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Weger later insisted he had been coerced into making the confession.
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“Constrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constrained. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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