1
as in restricting
to set bounds or an upper limit for
limit the note to a few words
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2
as in defining
to mark the limits of
adjectives limit the meanings of nouns
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Recent Examples of limiting
The biggest issue is their potential link to kidney dysfunction—limiting blood flow can strain the kidneys significantly.
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Dan England, Outside, 5 Feb. 2026
Lawmakers should strengthen the spending and volatility caps by limiting off budget workarounds and ensuring that one-time surpluses are used responsibly.
—Carol Platt Liebau, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
The Fort Worth City Council scaled back public comments for 2026 but reversed those decisions after public outcry about limiting free speech.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
That’s why the company’s same-store-sales growth has been muted, limiting Home Depot’s earnings growth.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
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Dan England, Outside, 5 Feb. 2026
Lawmakers should strengthen the spending and volatility caps by limiting off budget workarounds and ensuring that one-time surpluses are used responsibly.
—Carol Platt Liebau, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
The Fort Worth City Council scaled back public comments for 2026 but reversed those decisions after public outcry about limiting free speech.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
That’s why the company’s same-store-sales growth has been muted, limiting Home Depot’s earnings growth.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
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China retaliated by canceling flights, restricting imports of Japanese seafood and ramping up military patrols, among other measures.—
Yumi Asada,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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While the model is available to paid ChatGPT users for everyday development tasks, the company is delaying full API access and restricting high-risk use cases that could enable automation at scale.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026
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One of the defining images of this Super Bowl run for Patriots fans will be a bloodied Vrabel, grinning after a celebratory headbutt from Milton Williams after a fourth-down sack that sealed a wild-card win over the Los Angeles Chargers.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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With endurance as its defining advantage, the aircraft aims to support future mission networks that demand persistent sensing and rapid decision-making at scale.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Limiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limiting. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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