ENCHAINING Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

enchaining

verb

present participle of enchain

as in binding

to confine or restrain with or as if with chains learned to stop being enchained by fear and live a full life

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It is also thought likely to miss its binding 2030 emissions-reduction goals.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 15 Nov. 2026
Putin has a sympathizer in the White House, but few in Congress, which should pass binding sanctions against Russia over its aggression in Ukraine.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2026

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Gauthier extended his goals streak to six games and his points streak to a career best-tying eight games with his fourth multi-goal performance during this electric sequence, including three of his four career hat tricks.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
Artemi Panarin appeared to score a tying rebound goal for Los Angeles late in the second period, but it was disallowed after video review determined the Kings' zone entry had been barely offside.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026

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Russian strikes killed civilians and knocked out power across 12 Ukrainian regions, while Kyiv warned that Starlink speed limits are hampering its ability to intercept fast-moving drones.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026
All of that said, getting salaries with Porzingis to match likely would require hampering the Heat rotation elsewhere.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026

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Corporations have responded with caution, especially in regulated sectors like banking and healthcare, confining deployments to narrow pilots whose early returns are far more modest than AI enthusiasts advertise.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Potentially containing trillions of parameters — values learned during training — frontier models require vast computing resources, largely confining them to data centers, where they can be more easily monitored and, in principle, switched off.

— Robert Hart, The Verge, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of confining

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Democratic gains could put more grid-upgrade costs on tech developers, raising project costs just as access to power is constraining new construction.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026
And conducting that work within Anthropic risked constraining White Circle from sharing it with the public.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of constraining

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