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as in restricted
having distinct or certain limits
to avoid overcrowding, the number of tickets to the outdoor concerts is limited
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as in finite
having a limit
competition for limited resources among growing populations is often a source of international conflict
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as in confined
to set bounds or an upper limit for
limit the note to a few words
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as in defined
to mark the limits of
adjectives limit the meanings of nouns
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Recent Examples of limited
Tanasia Kenney, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2025
With only a limited supply of outdated antitoxin serum on hand, Welch realized that Nome’s 1,400 residents, as well as those living in the surrounding region, were in trouble.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
The rankings exclude military academies and are limited to schools that participate in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, or FBS, which tend to attract top players.
—Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Citrus lime shrimp are available for a limited time, though Qdoba didn’t say for how long.
—Tanasia Kenney, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2025
With only a limited supply of outdated antitoxin serum on hand, Welch realized that Nome’s 1,400 residents, as well as those living in the surrounding region, were in trouble.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
Thanks to the Byrd rule, any bill passed under reconciliation cannot increase the deficit beyond the fiscal years covered—that's usually limited to 10 years (and why tax cuts rarely last forever).
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
The rankings exclude military academies and are limited to schools that participate in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, or FBS, which tend to attract top players.
—Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
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Huttle, who the Indianapolis Star reported had an extensive criminal record, had pleaded guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building in relation to the Capitol attack and was sentenced in November 2023 to six months in prison.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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In 2023, Huttle pleaded guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds on Jan. 6, and received a sentence of six months in prison.—
Tom Dreisbach,
NPR,
30 Jan. 2025
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Watershed Wellness This trend looks at the wellness industry’s need to focus on water conservation, as demand for the finite resource has doubled since 1960, Kitchen said, noting that tourism and hotels have impacted this issue.—
Emily Burns,
WWD,
28 Jan. 2025
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Participants in the program were allowed into the country under humanitarian parole, which is granted for a finite time period.—
Catherine E. Shoichet,
CNN,
25 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Perry and Ryan Getzlaf defined Ducks hockey for more than a decade.—
Eric Stephens,
The Athletic,
3 Jan. 2025
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These women, whose music and identities blur genre and geographic boundaries gave us reason to engage more deeply with a part of the world whose identity has been defined by others for far too long.—
Tariro Mzezewa,
Vogue,
3 Jan. 2025
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The injury is a definite setback, though, and this wasn’t a positive year for him before it.—
Scott Wheeler,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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PostTrak exits are 4 1/2 stars with a 62% definite recommend for the turnout, which leaned 51% female and 63% over 45 turnout.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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And a subway car is a confined space where there may be no easy way to escape danger.—
James Barron,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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The most conspicuous example is the open-air winter sculpture garden at the center of the residence, an intimate, confined courtyard that allows art and nature to coalesce.—
Troy J. McMullen,
Architectural Digest,
9 Dec. 2024
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“Limited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limited. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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