limiting
Americanadjective
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serving to restrict or restrain; restrictive; confining.
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Grammar. of the nature of a limiting adjective or a restrictive clause.
Other Word Forms
- nonlimiting adjective
Etymology
Origin of limiting
Example Sentences
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The sessions are held behind closed doors and voting is not made public, limiting outside scrutiny.
From BBC
This bias not only hurts women who are economists; it can also hamper policymaking by limiting the range of perspectives that inform economic decisions.
From Salon
A lot of those old trusts, notably A/B trusts, have rigid language limiting how widows and widowers can control family money after their spouse died.
From Barron's
Ukraine classifies its ports as strategically important infrastructure, limiting access to them.
From Barron's
Higher input costs also reduce company profits and worker pay, shrinking corporate and individual incomes, and again limiting how much revenue tariffs can realistically generate, the Cato Institute said.
From Barron's
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