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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
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
Before Jessica’s late-film reveal, her screen time is fairly limited.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026
Sophie Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2026
But the Huskies long March runs have probably limited the opportunities for other schools, who wanted to move fast to fill head coaching positions, from waiting out Young and Murray.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
The order provides limited immunity to domestic companies that make glyphosate (a cheap and effective herbicide popular with farmers) and phosphorus.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
Before Jessica’s late-film reveal, her screen time is fairly limited.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
Around the world, spas are often physically inaccessible, retreats off-limits by design, and practitioners limited in their ability and training to see disabled bodies as deserving of the restoration everyone so desperately needs.
—Sophie Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2026
But the Huskies long March runs have probably limited the opportunities for other schools, who wanted to move fast to fill head coaching positions, from waiting out Young and Murray.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for limited
Adjective
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Individuals of Chinese descent were flying drones over restricted sites.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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According to The Information, incident began when an engineer used an internal agent tool to analyze a technical question; the agent then posted advice without approval, which another employee followed, setting off a chain reaction that opened access to restricted systems.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Overall, the tensions likely stem from the fact that fossil fuels are a finite resource that much of the world relies on to function, the experts said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Storage space for crude is a finite asset, so oil producers have begun cutting production.—
Matt Ott,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Steve, whose synthesizer work defined Toto’s early sound, later became a film and TV composer.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
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For Chen, beauty becomes a way of resisting reductive portrayals of communities defined by poverty.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The France international has definite star potential at this summer’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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And one definite area is off of Shopton Road in Steele Creek.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Mar. 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 21 Mar. 2026.
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