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as in restricted
having distinct or certain limits
to avoid overcrowding, the number of tickets to the outdoor concerts is limited
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as in finite
having a limit
competition for limited resources among growing populations is often a source of international conflict
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as in confined
to set bounds or an upper limit for
limit the note to a few words
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as in defined
to mark the limits of
adjectives limit the meanings of nouns
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Recent Examples of limited
Alan Bradley, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2026
Iran appears to be talking about limited concessions.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026
David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 22 Feb. 2026
Right-hander Justin Hagenman limited the Yankees to one earned run on two hits, struck out three and walked three over 2 1/3 innings.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Managing the sleep disruption, confinement stress, and mood and cognitive effects, all with limited or no human contact, would be as vital to survival as taking care of physical needs.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2026
Iran appears to be talking about limited concessions.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026
Verb
The Longhorns limited the Spartans to two runs in the three-game set.
—David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 22 Feb. 2026
Right-hander Justin Hagenman limited the Yankees to one earned run on two hits, struck out three and walked three over 2 1/3 innings.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for limited
Adjective
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In connection with this loan, PAG released all remaining restricted cash collateralized by the company under its convertible senior notes.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2026
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Meda Frias said local authorities were notified of the protest in advance and that the roughly 15 attendees were confined to a restricted area that had been blocked off with traffic cones.—
Sarah Bahari,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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But signals don’t go from the generating source to the observer instantaneously; all physical signals propagate at a finite speed, with the fastest possible speed being the speed of light in a vacuum, c, or 299,792,458 m/s.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
25 Feb. 2026
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The number of rational points on a curve that is one degree higher, degree 3, is sometimes infinite and sometimes finite.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Rob Edwards was in little doubt about the moment that defined Wolverhampton Wanderers’ defeat by Crystal Palace.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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The blacklist has yet to be defined by the president’s lawyers.—
Ken Sweet,
Fortune,
22 Feb. 2026
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To identify definite goats versus sheep, the team used protein fingerprinting (ZooMS).—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
26 Feb. 2026
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Verbeek fired Greg Cronin and persuaded owner Henry Samueli to take the potential risk and the definite public-relations hit of hiring Quenneville.—
Greg Beacham,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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And some experts worry that as measles continues to appear in confined environments—such as, recently, an ICE facility in Texas—adequate infection-prevention measures will too frequently fall short.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
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The new tubes solve that problem with an internal divider at the middle of the tube that helps trap the air in a confined chamber.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Limited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limited. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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