Sentence examples for usage confined from inspiring English sources

Until the late 19th century, English usage confined the term "the Cameroons" to the mountains, while the estuary was called the Cameroons River or, locally, the Bay.

As Myspace's popularity faded and video sites like YouTube grew to help people share short videos, the GIF began to decline in relevance and its usage was confined to niche internet forums.

So, it's hats (and face masks) off to Spanish-language rock groups Los Estramboticos and Pastilla, who've taken the initiative and harnessed the spiraling internet usage of Mexicans confined to their homes by the outbreak to broadcast a special performance from Mexico City over the web to celebrate the Cinco de Mayo festival.

According to Felix Salmon, in Fusion, "People who speed aren't 'illegal drivers,' nor are people who fall behind on their taxes 'illegal filers.' " Salmon may be overstating that, but he is right about what we understand when we hear the word "illegal" alone: "The use of the term 'illegal' to refer to a person is a usage which is confined to exactly one group of people: Migrants.

We now have a range of digital resources for education, but their usage is typically confined to the one curriculum area or age group for which they were designed.

The idea of a computer that lasts 18-24 hours per day, as Qualcomm promises, is obviously attractive, especially given how much PC usage is often confined to web browsing, whether the battery life gains make up for the performance sacrifices will be the ultimate question.

(HEFCE, 2011, p. 7) There is also an emphasis on the need for cross-sectoral recycling of digital resources: We now have a range of digital resources for education, but their usage is typically confined to the one curriculum area or age group for which they were designed.

These disadvantages of the agarose-immobilized enzyme confined its usage in scale application.

The current crop of video streaming apps are mostly confined to WiFi usage — no doubt at least in part because AT&T doesn't want streaming video clogging the pipes.

In modern usage the term chaplain is not confined to any particular church or denomination.

Trooper won't do; usage, in its persnickety way, has largely confined its meaning to members of the state police.