restraint
Example Sentences
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This was an incredibly unusual step: When a case can be decided on either constitutional or statutory grounds, principles of judicial restraint say that the court should decide the statutory question first.
From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026
Many companies have had to raise prices to offset their own rising costs, though resistance from customers has acted as a restraint on how far companies can go.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026
But more recently he started talking up the need for spending restraint and even welfare reforms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
The 12-bed unit had previously been inspected jointly by the MWC and Healthcare Improvement Scotland in May 2025, when the safe use of proportionate restraint was found to be a "significant issue".
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
Whatever restraint she had before is slipping away quickly.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
Vocabulary lists containing restraint
Theodore Roosevelt on "New Nationalism" (1910)
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Excerpts from "Jacobson v. Massachusetts"
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Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 4
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