constrains
- present tense form of constrain (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The state’s limited refinery capacity makes it more vulnerable to crude price shocks, and its mandate for anti-smog gas formulations in the summer also constrains gas supplies, pushing prices higher.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
As a result, the idea that oxygen constrains insect size has not been completely ruled out.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
Treating them as something society can simply “pause” doesn’t reduce demand for digital services; it constrains the supply of compute, raising costs and outsourcing technological progress elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
Mark Joseph Stern: Because Congress did something that was long overdue—it wrote a statute that tightly constrains the executive branch.
From Slate • Dec. 22, 2025
A striking example of Bloor’s inability to acknowledge that nature constrains science is to be found on p.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
