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
Barry Levitt, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
This allows the system to detect a hacker attempting to breach a network and a physical intruder entering a restricted zone, in parallel.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 8 Oct. 2025
People with original Medicare may see any doctor who takes Medicare and are not restricted to a network of doctors.
—Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Though the filmmakers were forced to use archival footage because of a restricted budget and just 21 days to shoot the entire film, the result might ultimately be better than a full-fledged shoot would have been.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
This allows the system to detect a hacker attempting to breach a network and a physical intruder entering a restricted zone, in parallel.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
However, to watch it in the US, Americans will first need a VPN, a service that allows users to set their computer’s location to another country and access websites that would otherwise be restricted by location.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 8 Oct. 2025
People with original Medicare may see any doctor who takes Medicare and are not restricted to a network of doctors.
—Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
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In addition to starring in Wayward as a small-town cop suspicious of a local academy for troubled teens, Martin wrote for and executive produced the limited series.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025
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Infinite Outdoors and its sponsors — including the Mule Deer Foundation and the hunting gear company Primos — pay landowners to allow a limited number of people each day to pass for free through their property to enter public land.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
13 Oct. 2025
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Today, Facebook competes with platforms like Twitch and Reddit for the same finite base.—
Roman Axelrod,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Your donor supply is finite and should be managed like capital.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Restricted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restricted. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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