limit
noun
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of vision.
is limiting
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present progressiveof limit (3rd person singular).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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Among its dozens of proposals is limiting amounts victims can get for pain and suffering, capping fees for attorneys representing survivors and requiring property insurers to bear more of the cost of utility-sparked fires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
And while businesses are also facing rising costs, "subdued domestic demand is limiting firms' ability to pass these higher costs on to consumers, which is likely to squeeze profit margins".
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Diversification of energy sources, together with normal supply and demand responses, is limiting the Hormuz shock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Why hold money in a fund that is limiting or may limit liquidity when the alternative, public funds, offers cheaper prices and immediate liquidity?
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
Yet another misperception people have of mathematics is that it is limiting, and somehow opposed to human freedom.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
