as in limiting
to set bounds or an upper limit for
will restrict access to the laboratory
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Recent Examples of restricting
Further restricting sideloading, perhaps more than anything else, is the game-changer here.
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Zak Doffman, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
What To Know Last week, Human Rights Watch accused Israel of genocide by restricting water to Gaza amid the country's ongoing war with Hamas militants.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
To fix this, organizations must classify and manage sensitive data across their environments, restricting AI agents’ access to only what’s necessary.
—Rich Vibert, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Other potential fixes the Tribune identified include restricting the free flow of cash in political campaigns, increasing transparency around the money spent on lobbying and reducing the sheer number of government bodies in Illinois.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2024
When your core gets cold, your body contracts the muscles around those arteries, restricting blood flow.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2024
The Biden administration on Friday withdrew an amendment to Title IX that would have prevented local school districts from restricting transgender athletic participation.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
While reciprocity can be helpful in bidirectional communication systems, breaking it or restricting wave propagation in one direction can be used to block unwanted signal reflections for these systems as well.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
These bills cover everything — from banning books and restricting healthcare to permitting open carry.
—Colleen Hamilton, Them, 11 Dec. 2024
Zak Doffman, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
What To Know Last week, Human Rights Watch accused Israel of genocide by restricting water to Gaza amid the country's ongoing war with Hamas militants.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
To fix this, organizations must classify and manage sensitive data across their environments, restricting AI agents’ access to only what’s necessary.
—Rich Vibert, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Other potential fixes the Tribune identified include restricting the free flow of cash in political campaigns, increasing transparency around the money spent on lobbying and reducing the sheer number of government bodies in Illinois.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2024
When your core gets cold, your body contracts the muscles around those arteries, restricting blood flow.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2024
The Biden administration on Friday withdrew an amendment to Title IX that would have prevented local school districts from restricting transgender athletic participation.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
While reciprocity can be helpful in bidirectional communication systems, breaking it or restricting wave propagation in one direction can be used to block unwanted signal reflections for these systems as well.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
These bills cover everything — from banning books and restricting healthcare to permitting open carry.
—Colleen Hamilton, Them, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Restricting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restricting. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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