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as in limitation
something that limits one's freedom of action or choice
the logging company decided to relocate to another state where there would be fewer restrictions on its operations
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as in constraint
the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries
the restriction of surfing to the southern end of the beach rankled some surfers
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Recent Examples of restriction
That includes a restriction on large institutional investors, defined as those owning 350 or more single-family homes, buying more single-family properties.
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Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
Edgewater declared a Stage 1 drought last week and has immediately imposed mandatory outdoor watering restrictions in response to historically low snowpack levels.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
Cutting through housing restrictions would generate enormous social benefit, if America’s elderly ruling class were to allow such a feat.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
This time, the budget won’t be quite as bottomless, both because of NIL restrictions and as a matter of course correction.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
Edgewater declared a Stage 1 drought last week and has immediately imposed mandatory outdoor watering restrictions in response to historically low snowpack levels.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
Cutting through housing restrictions would generate enormous social benefit, if America’s elderly ruling class were to allow such a feat.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
This time, the budget won’t be quite as bottomless, both because of NIL restrictions and as a matter of course correction.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for restriction
Noun
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The Princeton team aimed to remove those limitations by integrating actuation directly into the material.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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But arbitration has several limitations.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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While an Anthropic spokesperson has said publicly that the AI lab does not degrade its models to better serve demand, there are reasons to believe the company is facing more acute constraints than some rivals.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Our method relaxes that constraint, allowing scientists to explore materials that were not practical before.—
Andrei Derevianko,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Restriction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restriction. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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