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was constraining
verb
To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige.
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McQueen stayed with Givenchy until March 2001, when the contract that he said was "constraining his creativity" was ended.
In the first half of the 20th century, Germany and Japan lashed out in large part because they felt the world was constraining not only their military might, but their ability to manufacture and export.
In today's edition, the Guardian was prevented from identifying Farrelly, reporting the nature of his question, where the question could be found, which company had sought the gag, or even which order was constraining its coverage.
Sasai reasoned that the petri dish was constraining the stem cells and preventing their developmental mechanisms from playing out, and he set about devising a "floating" cell culture system.
In yesterday's edition of the paper, the Guardian was prevented from identifying Farrelly, reporting the nature of his question, where the question could be found, which company had sought the gag, or even which order was constraining its coverage.
But it also served as a public alert to missile defense advocates in and out of government that, at least according to the Pentagon's own restrictive interpretations, the treaty already was constraining vigorous experiments needed to move ahead with an antimissile shield.
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But he was constrained by two things.
And sometimes he was constrained by deals.
Bush was constrained to take exception to this publicly.
He was constrained by no prior considerations.
As a result, millions benefited, but the benefit was constrained.
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