REINED Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

reined

verb

past tense of rein

as in restrained

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Yet its bodywork is relatively restrained, avoiding the huge wings, complex vents and aggressive appendages found on many contemporary hypercars.

— Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Montes then tried to flee but security staff, an NYPD officer working a detail at the synagogue, and congregants stopped and restrained him, prosecutors said.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of restrained

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Hobart, Indiana, officers curbed the car and turned it over to Evergreen Park officers, police said.

— Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
That’s particularly important this year as the wildfire has curbed tourism following a tough winter marred by drought, Ducharme said.

— Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 31 July 2026

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Others balked at the cost of the $20 million project – $5-6 million for bike lanes alone – as the city faces a $30 million structural budget deficit and is also seeking a $300 million bond measure for general infrastructure on the November ballot.

— Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
Democratic activists balked, Hilton stepped down and investments dried up.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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If it is blocked, both studios could emerge from the litigation having spent a year distracted and constrained while the rest of the industry moved forward.

— Cory Jacobson, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
These guardrails have long constrained the drawing of congressional maps.

— Yuripzy Morgan, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of constrained

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But the lack of a proper contest between bat and ball in Pakistani domestic first-class cricket has starved locals of that preparation time and hampered the development of genuine pace.

— Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
However, difficult weather conditions hampered the search in the following days, as the service wrote in a subsequent update.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of hampered

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Limited fiber-optic coverage left consumers with slow connections, which impeded digital transactions and the delivery of valuable offerings.

— Jim DeLoach, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Yet the setting of so many of the sculptures against the wall impeded the kind of looking the works demand.

— Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of impeded

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The administration’s postponement of a Food and Drug Administration rule hampered the food safety system, which hindered a response to the outbreak.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Shanahan, whose concussion from a July 14 car crash hindered him at the start of camp, said players’ Guardian-cap cushions can only do so much.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of hindered

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