How to Use constraint in a Sentence
constraint
noun
- They refuse to work under constraint any longer.
- Lack of funding has been a major constraint on the building's design.
- They demand freedom from constraint.
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The only relevant constraint is the real resources in a country.
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Dominic Pino,
National Review,
17 Feb. 2022
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The jump in fuel costs that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine set off are an additional constraint.
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Justin Lahart,
WSJ,
29 Mar. 2022
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That’s the thing; the mathematical consistency of the laws of nature is a drastic constraint.
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Quanta Magazine,
20 Apr. 2022
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With supply as a constraint, building long-range commodity buying strategies is critical.
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Lora Cecere,
Forbes,
2 May 2022
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Unless and until Russia finds alternative buyers, the constraint on available supplies is likely to keep prices high.
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New York Times,
8 Mar. 2022
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The players believe that clubs had started to use the tax—a mechanism designed to curb runaway spending—as a de facto salary cap acting as an artificial constraint on salaries.
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Jared Diamond,
WSJ,
10 Mar. 2022
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What is certain is that the dwindling labor supply is becoming a serious constraint on US economic growth.
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Gad Levanon For Cnn Business Perspectives,
CNN,
25 Feb. 2022
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The agency, which celebrated its centennial last year, continues to expand its initiatives but must do so within these fiscal constraints.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2024
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Given a similar constraint, Fain Johnson performed adroitly.
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Michael J. Lewis,
WSJ,
23 Apr. 2022
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But there has been no permanent constraint on Russian intelligence activity in Europe.
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Laurence Norman,
WSJ,
30 Mar. 2022
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The big constraint will be the speed of the permitting process.
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Janelle Bitker,
SFChronicle.com,
12 Oct. 2020
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And the biggest constraint is the device's field of view.
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Eric Limer,
Popular Mechanics,
19 Apr. 2016
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Growth constraintsPart of the state's struggle has been staffing, the records show.
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James Bruggers,
The Courier-Journal,
22 June 2017
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So far, the crown prince has faced no such constraints.
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Karen Elliott House,
WSJ,
30 Nov. 2018
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Due to time constraints, though, the Tri-Wing didn't make the film’s final cut.
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Jon Alain Guzik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Dec. 2019
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Covid-19 is the constraint that is now pushing the whole world to transform.
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Tim Peck,
Quartz,
3 Apr. 2020
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To work around this constraint, the researchers abused the window.
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Dan Goodin,
Ars Technica,
3 Sep. 2020
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Mike LaFleur called a constraint to that same look to open the fourth quarter.
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Derrik Klassen,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2022
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Her siblings, too, chafed at the constraints of life in St. Marys.
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Emma Green,
The Atlantic,
12 Dec. 2019
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Time to step into the future and free your true love from the constraints of wires.
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oregonlive,
4 Feb. 2020
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The constraints of the difficult site drove much of the design, says Berry.
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Janet Eastman,
OregonLive.com,
27 Apr. 2018
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The time constraint forced me to a an almost clockwork pace.
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Graeme McMillan,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Mar. 2018
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The roots of being, if healthy, are never a constraint but a tool for growth.
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Francesca Marani,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2022
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That's not the fault of ULA, but a constraint imposed by its payload.
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Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
24 Oct. 2023
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So would their struggle to break free of these constraints.
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Joost Hiltermann,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2017
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Michelle Nijhuis Life in the Ruins Two new books consider the delusion of the human quest to be free from the constraints of nature.
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The New York Review of Books,
1 Nov. 2024
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Aligning the hosting decision with the organization's needs—speed, control or budget constraints—is critical to a smooth deployment.
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Abhishek Shivanna,
Forbes,
5 Nov. 2024
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