How to Use restriction in a Sentence

restriction

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  • Building in that area came with some restrictions.
  • They will lift export restrictions.
  • They placed restrictions on smoking indoors.
  • The government hopes to lift the restriction in March or April, when the weather is warmer.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 27 Jan. 2023
  • But on a recent summer evening, the air filled with the sound of bleating goats and the scent of fried dough, there were few restrictions.
    — Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Pause, then rotate your leg side-to-side on the roller, to help relieve some of the muscle restriction.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The videos now have a prompt at the bottom noting the sound was removed due to copyright restrictions.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2024
  • That ban ended this week, but new restrictions are in place.
    — Hallie Golden, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
  • The platform offers no way for users to dispute the restriction.
    — Amanda Seitz, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2022
  • Local agencies who fail to meet the restriction can be fined up to $2,000 per acre foot of water.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
  • The next most-common outcome, in 17% of challenges, was for a book to be placed under some form of restriction.
    — Hannah Natanson The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
  • So the order seeks to extend restrictions to the rest of the country using the weight of the executive branch.
    — Elana Redfield, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
  • At least three of Guangzhou’s 11 districts have been put under some sort of restriction.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The government has called on Mehta to impose restrictions for a decade.
    — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Already on a minute restriction, Thompson had just two points on 1-of-8 shooting at the time.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Even without the timing restriction of a World Cup or Olympic Games next year, the schedule headaches likely won’t go away.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Details of the restrictions are also available at this link.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Eleven other crew members were freed on bail and with restrictions.
    — Reuters, CNN, 27 June 2024
  • Still, some transgender adults in the state say they have been dropped from their doctors due to the new restrictions and requirements.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 11 June 2023
  • The first forbids the restriction or limitation of a mother’s right to breastfeed in places that are open to the public.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Those restrictions flew out the studio window when the compact disc arrived in the Eighties.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024
  • New-home prices in China’s 70 biggest cities rose in each of the first four months of the year, reversing a yearlong slide during the height of Covid restrictions.
    — Claire Fu, New York Times, 25 May 2023
  • The restriction does not apply to people who commit the abuse while dating – but not living with – the victim.
    — Katherine Swartz, USA TODAY, 16 June 2022
  • Of course, there are limits to the amount of compensation required and restrictions on what’s covered and what’s not.
    — Katie Seemann, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2023
  • But until there’s a positive test in Indiana, Marsh said, the state doesn’t need to put tighter restrictions in place.
    — Benjamin Thorp, NPR, 4 Sep. 2024
  • In January, he was granted bond with a firearm restriction, court records show.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Roja, 52, a shopkeeper who arrived at the border two weeks ago, wasn’t deterred by the new U.S. restrictions, or the storm that swamped the migrant camp.
    — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
  • Trump was held in contempt of court for violating the restrictions 10 times.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 31 May 2024
  • Without a minutes restriction but still coming off the bench to ease his return, Jackson was on the court for just 13 minutes.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today.
    — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2025

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