as in limiting
to set bounds or an upper limit for
will restrict access to the laboratory
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Recent Examples of restricting
China retaliated by canceling flights, restricting imports of Japanese seafood and ramping up military patrols, among other measures.
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Yumi Asada, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
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
The racist imagery is strategically embedded within a larger narrative promoting false election fraud conspiracy theories, designed to dehumanize Black and brown voters as threats to democracy and to justify restricting their participation in elections.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Essentially, this bottleneck refers to a point in hardware or software where performance is limited by the slowest components, restricting overall speed.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
Lynn Mayor Jared Nicholson issued a similar order in his city, restricting ICE.
—Neal Riley, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
China responded throughout last year by restricting exports of rare earths and related technologies critical to the automotive and defense industries.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
The wait had little impact, however, because of numerous delays by the federal government in restricting access to airplanes and other federally secure areas.
—Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 1 Feb. 2026
There was no public hearing on the bill’s key provisions restricting restroom usage.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
Yumi Asada, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
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
The racist imagery is strategically embedded within a larger narrative promoting false election fraud conspiracy theories, designed to dehumanize Black and brown voters as threats to democracy and to justify restricting their participation in elections.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Essentially, this bottleneck refers to a point in hardware or software where performance is limited by the slowest components, restricting overall speed.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
Lynn Mayor Jared Nicholson issued a similar order in his city, restricting ICE.
—Neal Riley, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
China responded throughout last year by restricting exports of rare earths and related technologies critical to the automotive and defense industries.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
The wait had little impact, however, because of numerous delays by the federal government in restricting access to airplanes and other federally secure areas.
—Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 1 Feb. 2026
There was no public hearing on the bill’s key provisions restricting restroom usage.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for restricting
limiting
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Unlike traditional sportsbooks, which typically lock bettors into wagers, prediction market users can trade in and out of positions before events are settled, limiting losses or locking in profits.—
Suzy Khimm,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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Early childhood advocates in California tend to err on the side of limiting testing as well, Fuller said.—
Makiya Seminera,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Restricting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restricting. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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