restrict
verb (used with object)
to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
are restricting
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present progressiveof restrict.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Private investment funds are restricting redemptions amid an investor rush to get their money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Ireland is also probing DeepSeek over data concerns, and executives for cybersecurity firms told Bloomberg that “hundreds” of their clients across the world, including and especially governmental systems, are restricting employees’ access to DeepSeek.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2025
A story Friday explored state laws that are restricting sex education in K-12 schools.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
While some look to distant planets, others are restricting their search to our own backyard, to the planets of our own Solar System.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023
But this pudding is almost all of twentieth- century culture, and we are restricting access to it when almost of all of it could be available.
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle
