Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reined
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Male mice also recovered faster from a small surgical incision and from being restrained in a tube for two hours — a scenario designed to mimic the physical and emotional stress of a car accident.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026 -
There's product placement on TV, even if it is still restrained compared to most American sports.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Strikingly, Mary felt that semaglutide had not only curbed her first-order desire to drink but also helped her act on second-order desires.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Since then, several hospitals have curbed or stopped providing gender-affirming care for minors.—
Jolene Almendarez,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Feb. 2026
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However, Claude balked when the attacker added rules to the request, including deleting logs and command history.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Beijing has balked at any restrictions on its smaller but growing nuclear arsenal and denies carrying out such a nuclear test.—
Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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But the Pentagon doesn’t want to be constrained by a company’s policies.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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India represents perhaps the most tantalizing long-term opportunity in Imax’s global portfolio, and also the most structurally constrained.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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In the aftermath of the deadly Los Angeles wildfires, which racked up billions in damage, numerous fire survivors have detailed a recovery process hampered by insurance.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Efforts to harness kesterite’s full potential have also so far been hampered by defects formed during the manufacturing process.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Feb. 2026
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In a letter, Hassan asked the DHS inspector general to investigate whether those comments have impeded or biased the investigations into the deaths of Good and Pretti, citing an exchange with another administration official as reason to open a probe.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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It’s helped by the mascot at a certain point, rather than impeded.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Richard also recalled how Amber’s COVID-19 diagnosis before she was scheduled to perform at the US Nationals in 2019 hindered her Olympics debut.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
24 Feb. 2026
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Breaking the heat barrier High-power technologies, such as AI processors and 5G hardware, are currently hindered by severe heat management challenges.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Feb. 2026
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The skepticism toward executive-branch overreach that stymied Democratic administrations is still being applied to a Republican administration.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
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Though Fudd and Strong were as productive as usual, the rest of the offense stymied particularly in the second quarter.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Reined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reined. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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