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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After a handful of high-profile defaults, investors are pulling so much money out of industry funds that managers are restricting withdrawals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 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
Across England, universities are restricting their finances with some seeking to cut their staff by as much as 10%, as well as closing or merging courses.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024
A story Friday explored state laws that are restricting sex education in K-12 schools.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 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
