1
as in restricting
to set bounds or an upper limit for
limit the note to a few words
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2
as in defining
to mark the limits of
adjectives limit the meanings of nouns
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Recent Examples of limiting
However, Mike Macdonald's squad reminded fans and analysts alike just how much the 49ers have struggled against top-tier defenses this season, limiting the 49ers to just three points in a 13-3 victory.
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Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
Encantada offers only 11 rooms, limiting your company.
—Gemma Price, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
Nobua-Behrmann, an urban forestry and natural resources advisor, is among a contingent calling for regulations limiting the movement of firewood.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
The new caps will require that the system make the most out of its available space, to avoid construction costs and controversial reforms, such as limiting enrollment at popular, but overflowing, schools.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2026
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But efforts to mitigate human harms—restricting harvests, remodeling dams, breeding salmon in hatcheries—are yielding diminishing returns.—
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The onerous covenants include, among others, restricting WBD’s ability to modify, renew or terminate affiliation agreements.—
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Longbow believes weight has become the defining problem across the car industry.—
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Many who lost their homes — including generations of Black locals who gave the mountain town a defining part of its identity for decades — remain displaced.—
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“Limiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limiting. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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