as in limited
having distinct or certain limits
the public is allowed some restricted access to the government-owned land
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as in confined
to set bounds or an upper limit for
will restrict access to the laboratory
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Recent Examples of restricted
Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 27 Apr. 2026
The restricted area is closely monitored through the season to ensure the birds’ safety.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
Until now, the satellite-to-phone service has been restricted to the continental US, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and parts of Alaska.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
That will increase its restricted ingredient list from 13 to 57.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 27 Apr. 2026
The restricted area is closely monitored through the season to ensure the birds’ safety.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
Early design work is now done in silico before being validated with scale models in a wind tunnel, as most series—including Formula 1, the World Endurance Championship, Formula E, and NASCAR—have tightly restricted on-track testing.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
Until now, the satellite-to-phone service has been restricted to the continental US, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and parts of Alaska.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
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Wulf struck out eight without a walk and limited Sycamore (16-4) to one hit in her three innings.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Race, bad bosses and the fly-on-the-wall fun of watching office politics and micro-aggressions play out makes this workplace suspense novel a total page-turner (as well as a binge-worthy limited television series).—
Laura Zigman,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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Van Bendegem, who would become a leading scholar on ultrafinitist logic, later addressed these concerns by considering a geometry in which a line or curve has width and is both finite and finitely divisible.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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Jeffrey Stroh, Denver Water is a finite resource.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Restricted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restricted. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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