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as in to limit
to set bounds or an upper limit for
circumscribed his enthusiasm so as not to make the losing side feel worse
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Recent Examples of circumscribe
Theo is born at an inopportune time for Jews, whose rights are increasingly circumscribed in the country.
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Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Like Stonehenge, Avebury’s three circles are circumscribed by a circular henge and were constructed gradually, over the course of many centuries.
—Hannah Edgar, ARTnews.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Historically, at the strictest cram schools, social interactions were carefully circumscribed.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The Kremlin would like to circumscribe Iran’s aspiration for regional hegemony without souring relations with the country, which remains its biggest regional ally.
—Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2017
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Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Like Stonehenge, Avebury’s three circles are circumscribed by a circular henge and were constructed gradually, over the course of many centuries.
—Hannah Edgar, ARTnews.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Historically, at the strictest cram schools, social interactions were carefully circumscribed.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The Kremlin would like to circumscribe Iran’s aspiration for regional hegemony without souring relations with the country, which remains its biggest regional ally.
—Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumscribe
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The prosecutor’s office has had to limit the amount of transcripts available to attorneys, since transcripts are ordered at cost, and has had to revert to collecting depositions virtually.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2025
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Golden State’s defense swarmed Plum with traps and forced the ball out of her hands, limiting her to 16 points on six-of-18 shooting, including two for 10 from beyond the arc.—
Anthony De Leon,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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More impressive millwork defines the passageways to the formal dining and living rooms.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2025
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This was bricolage in the mode of postmodernism, to use a term that Jencks had a leading role in propagating, defining it in multiple competing and overlapping (some would say maddening) ways.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Evans told me in April the company’s game plan is to export the bitcoin treasury playbook around the world to unlock investors who may be restricted from – or can not easily access – a U.S. company like Strategy.—
Colin Harper,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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While Clark enjoys taking his animals to schools and community events, city regulations restrict him from bringing some species into urban areas.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
30 May 2025
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Galaxy Bruce Arena wary of his L.A. return against a Galaxy team ‘due’ for success May 27, 2025 Police in England typically confine information released about suspects to the person’s age and the location of the arrest.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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But, in the United States, driverless cars are confined to a handful of cities and operated, as robo-taxis, by a small number of companies.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
27 May 2025
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“Circumscribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumscribe. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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