restrict
verb (used with object)
to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
restricts
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present tense formof restrict (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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City zoning typically restricts commercial buildings to about seven stories, so “some people are a little bit surprised” by the near-skyscraper scale of the tower, said Lina Lee, a managing director at CIM.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Health authorities continue to face shortages of resources, while insecurity caused by armed groups in Ituri province, the area hardest hit by the epidemic, restricts access to some communities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
On adjunct instruction, he said an ABA standard unfairly restricts the ability of adjunct professors to teach first-year law students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
“If it restricts exports, global diesel prices could simply spike,” she wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The “no hair” theorem is of great practical importance, because it so greatly restricts the possible types of black holes.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
