is constraining
- present progressive of constrain (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The spending scrutiny is constraining Altman’s once-boundless ambitions ahead of a potential initial public offering that could take place by the end of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
The higher-priced carrier has been challenged by rising competition from peers and inflation that is constraining consumers.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
"The risk of intervention is clearly high and that is constraining dollar-yen which would otherwise be higher," said Adam Cole, chief currency strategist at RBC.
From Reuters ● Oct. 13, 2023
If Dylan Hernández is correct in his theory that Los Angeles is constraining their spending in order to secure Shohei Ohtani a year from now, good luck with that one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2022
In this very weak sense, of course, mathematics is constraining, as is all reality, but it has no independent power to coerce.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
