limit
noun
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of vision.
has been limiting
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present perfect progressiveof limit (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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In recent weeks, Boston Children’s Hospital has been limiting or postponing some nonemergency procedures, said Dr. Vincent Chiang, the hospital’s chief medical officer.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2022
On the other hand, what I was trained to do was to play as many different things as possible, so it has been limiting sort of in that way.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2021
Several justices expressed frustration that the US government has been limiting Mr Zubaydah's ability to testify on his own behalf.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2021
Google has been limiting data collection and usage across several of its services.
From Reuters ● Mar. 18, 2021
The inquiry may perhaps lead him to the discovery that he, the professed foe of materialism, has been limiting consciousness to the compass of the skull.
From Rationalism by J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson
