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is constricted
verb
To narrow, especially by applying pressure.
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The policy the administration publicly describes is constricted and implausible.
But any recovery will be anaemic as long as credit is constricted.
The base of the adult's abdomen is constricted, a diagnostic feature of the group.
The authors found that, by several measures, the South Australian energy market is constricted and unable to function efficiently.
Not one of her characters is constricted by anything as mundane or trendy as the memoir form.
Although her father is the dean of the college, Martha is constricted by her lack of power.
While the ability to cut staff is constricted, the need to sell more papers, particularly on advertising-rich Sundays, is acute.
Nonetheless, I wonder if Kore-eda is constricted by this focus on youth, and whether his best work doesn't glance at the other end of our mortal careers.
As a result, commerce between regions is constricted, and transporting medicine, clothing and other supplies to remote regions has often been impossible.
Mr. Wheeler's vocal writing is constricted and declamatory at first, but it expands and brightens through the three movements, as do the ensemble timbres.
"Certainly crowding and especially immobility increase the risk" of deep-vein thrombosis in air travel and in any other situation where physical motion is constricted, said Dr. Rayman.
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