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Historically low mortgage rates followed by inflation fueled price appreciation and resulted in a lock-in effect for owners that is constricting the supply of homes for sale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

“I never, ever want to play anything that won’t come out the way I want it to sound,” he said, “so what I end up doing instead is constricting what I play.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2022

“What that ends up doing is constricting the budgets that manufacturers have to pull levers, like to provide a coupon.”

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2022

The Sheas also devised the “belt-to-fat” theory: The less belly fat there is constricting the stomach, the more one can eat.

From BusinessWeek • Jul. 1, 2011

Count it as another measure of recessionary stress, but at a time when everything is constricting and contracting and downsizing, her choices don't match the moment.

From Time Magazine Archive