How to Use restricted in a Sentence
restricted
adjective- You have entered a restricted area.
- He is on a severely restricted diet.
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Shaquille O’Neal stand at the edge of the restricted area.
— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2024 -
At the same event two decades ago, AR-15s were shown only in restricted areas in the back.
— Todd C. Frankel, Shawn Boburg, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Alex Horton, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023 -
How much does a team have to pay a restricted free agent to retain their rights?
— Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022 -
With the Black laws, freed Black folks were very restricted to prevent them from moving to the state.
— Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023 -
The 22-year old Zegras was a restricted free agent and was working out in New York.
— Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023 -
Toles didn’t report to spring training last year and has since been on the club’s restricted list.
— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024 -
The statement said Hodge was in the restricted area under the basket and the play was reviewable in the last two minutes of the game.
— Bob Holt, Arkansas Online, 20 Jan. 2023 -
With Franco unable to perform, the team would have to place him on the restricted list and he would no longer be paid.
— Kristie Ackert, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024 -
And as a pending restricted free agent, his future in Big D with the Stars was murky at best.
— Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024 -
Thrun, 23, was a restricted free agent, one of two the Sharks had entering this week.
— Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024 -
The Bears declined to extend a restricted free agent tender to Mustipher in March.
— Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2023 -
The 30-year-old Moore, who was a restricted free agent this offseason, re-signed in March for two years.
— Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2023 -
Lora spent the entire DSL season on the restricted list in 2022.
— Dallas News, 28 Jan. 2023 -
Bridges and the Hornets, who will have to decide whether to keep the restricted free agent, meet the Atlanta Hawks in a play-in game Wednesday.
— Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 12 Apr. 2022 -
The risk is losing Tyler as a restricted free agent next summer.
— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022 -
The catcher was placed on the restricted list (meaning he didn’t get paid) and likely would not have played one of the games anyway.
— Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022 -
Most promising is a return to form around the basket, where LaVine is shooting 66.9% in the restricted area.
— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 26 Dec. 2022 -
Hundreds of flights enter the restricted airspace around the U.S. Capitol each week.
— Amanda Pérez Pintado, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2022 -
Griffith was set to be a restricted free agent but now returns to Denver for 2024.
— Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2024 -
Most of the Negev was declared a restricted military zone.
— By anat Peled, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2023 -
Other relatives have made it to the restricted area and have so far been allowed to stay, Castellon said on the phone.
— NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024 -
Ayton was a restricted free agent, meaning the Suns could match any offer and pay him more than any team.
— Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2022 -
Fox, who ranks in the top 10 in both gross and net punting average, was scheduled to be a restricted free agent in March.
— Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2022 -
Robertson entered the restricted area of the Capitol with the goal of obstructing the electoral vote, the jury found.
— ABC News, 11 Apr. 2022 -
If the two sides had failed to reach an agreement by the Oct. 17 deadline, Poole would have become a restricted free agent next summer.
— C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Oct. 2022 -
Helsley was placed on the restricted list following the birth of his wife Alex’s first child.
— Mark Gonzales, ajc, 25 Aug. 2022 -
All of this will result in restricted access to fertility and IVF care in the state.
— Maressa Brown, Parents, 26 Feb. 2024 -
Apple, too, released a version, the Apple Watch SE, in 2020, with restricted features and a lower price.
— Emily Tate Sullivan, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
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