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Constrain

Constrain meaning

To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige. | To keep within close bounds; to confine. | To reduce a result in response to limited resources.

Example sentences (20)

And provided you don't fall off them and break your ankle, they won't constrain and rub your foot as so many shoes will.

And the nature of the split in the vote will be one of the main means for insight into the timing of the next rate cut, as the MPC seeks to reach its inflation target without letting high rates constrain lacklustre UK economic growth.

At times of risk and stress many organizations are going to seek to constrain spending, and that inevitably means ad spending along with everything else.

By exhuming the Holocaust, the argument goes, Jews claim exemption from the obligations that constrain everyone else.

Groff says one of the limitations of reconstructing glacier history is that there are few types of terrestrial archives that can be used to constrain past glacier behavior.

However, what the writers of "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" understood is that structure should guide writers, not constrain them.

Huberman said stalling on the six-lane option could constrain future regional growth and send the wrong signal to international investors.

Limited data and weak legal systems still constrain lending today.

Mr Davies said the bill, which contains more than 80 delegated powers, does not constrain ministers’ powers as fully as it should.

Neither Congress, nor the courts, nor the voters themselves can constrain a president in his framing.

Nigeria’s high debt-to-GDP ratio (over 35%) and rising debt service costs constrain government spending on crucial sectors like infrastructure and social services.

Our government is pushing farther and farther into our private affairs and our party must take the lead on solutions to constrain government power and unleash freedom.

That includes removing any challenges around a lack of funding or expertise that could constrain some projects.

They constrain us in ways we barely recognise.

This form of Inequality Tax does not constrain a company’s ability to remunerate directors at any amount it wishes.

Whatever form a new second chamber takes, its powers to review, delay or actively constrain the Commons will need to be cut crystal clear.

Which, as you just said, does nothing to actually constrain spending.

While some councillors had concerns about whether the pledge would constrain the city in its possible actions, Mayor Josh Morgan reiterated the city would be open to work freely.

Article I of the Constitution states that Congress has the power to “declare war,” and the War Powers Resolution (WPR) of 1973 seeks to constrain the president’s ability to take unilateral military action.

Beijing’s push to build a local chip industry is taking on greater intensity in recent years, as the U.S. and its allies try to constrain the export of advanced chips and chipmaking tools to China.