RESTRICTS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

restricts

verb

present tense third-person singular of restrict

as in limits

to set bounds or an upper limit for will restrict access to the laboratory

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Recent Examples of restricts If a debt collector has obtained the legal authority to levy your bank account, the bank typically restricts your access to the funds covered by the order. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 The measure also restricts what evidence California judges can review. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Arkansas limits home equity after personal bankruptcy to $800, and Kentucky restricts it to $5,000. — Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026 The teen ChatGPT restricts romantic or overly human-like interactions and adds new safeguards around self-harm, eating disorders and explicit content. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026 The 'better safe than sorry' mindset, while useful for physical threats, severely restricts career growth, fostering inaction and fear of failure. — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Poor and sometimes impassable roads can also make remote areas difficult to reach, while insecurity restricts where health workers can safely operate. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 The bill restricts sidewalk riding of e-scooters in an effort to prevent injury to pedestrians. — Narmeen Khan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 But Major League Baseball rules restricts any individual private equity company to 15% ownership stake in a team. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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Physical stress limits how fast metal or carbon-fiber rotors can spin without tearing apart.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Diederik van Dommelen, Rotterdam’s head of financial affairs, told the Art Newspaper the ongoing criminal investigation limits what the city can disclose.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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Drawing on existing generation without adding new supply tightens the market and can raise everyone else’s bills.

— Mark Drapeau, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
What happens to real estate income, private equity valuations and public equity prices at the same time if the currency regime shifts, or if regional liquidity tightens for 18 months instead of 18 weeks?

— Khalifa Aldhaheri, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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