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as in to limit
to set bounds or an upper limit for
circumscribed his enthusiasm so as not to make the losing side feel worse
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Recent Examples of circumscribe
Historically, at the strictest cram schools, social interactions were carefully circumscribed.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The Kremlin would like to circumscribe Iran’s aspiration for regional hegemony without souring relations with the country, which remains its biggest regional ally.
—Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2017
This is Mascaro’s most humane film to date, which isn’t to say that August Winds and Neon Bull weren’t also grounded in the individual’s struggle for self-fulfillment outside the strictures of bourgeois circumscribed society.
—Jay D. Weissberg, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
Two regulatory limits circumscribed Van Pay and Baumert’s calculations: No shelf can spread more than 350 nautical miles from shore, or more than 100 nautical miles beyond 2,500 meters of depth.
—Jack Truesdale, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2025
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The Kremlin would like to circumscribe Iran’s aspiration for regional hegemony without souring relations with the country, which remains its biggest regional ally.
—Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2017
This is Mascaro’s most humane film to date, which isn’t to say that August Winds and Neon Bull weren’t also grounded in the individual’s struggle for self-fulfillment outside the strictures of bourgeois circumscribed society.
—Jay D. Weissberg, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
Two regulatory limits circumscribed Van Pay and Baumert’s calculations: No shelf can spread more than 350 nautical miles from shore, or more than 100 nautical miles beyond 2,500 meters of depth.
—Jack Truesdale, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumscribe
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This in turn limits what can be demanded of and from you.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Historically, at least, IDR plans limit borrowers’ monthly payments to a share of their discretionary income and cancel any remaining debt after a certain period, typically 20 years or 25 years.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2025
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As usual, there are trendy bikinis and swimsuits that always ask for space in our closet, little tops meant to save us from the rising temperatures, and the kind of light floral dresses and skirts that define the season.—
Marilú Almaguer,
Glamour,
2 Apr. 2025
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Wall Street defines a correction as a drop of 10% from a recent high.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2025
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In this context, flaunting posts related to crypto-wealth should be restricted, even totally avoided.—
Javier Bastardo,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Click here for important updates to our privacy policy. POLITICS Election Laws The Justice Department drops a Biden-era lawsuit against Georgia laws that advocates say restrict voting, particularly among people of color.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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To be sure, such high school activism wasn’t confined to the war.—
Made by History,
Time,
27 Mar. 2025
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The auroral glow occurs because of the same basic interaction of solar particles interacting with the planet's atmosphere, but instead of being confined to the north and south poles, Neptune’s auroras are located at the planet’s mid-latitudes — roughly where South America is located on Earth.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Circumscribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumscribe. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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