constricting

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Less gov't red tape constricting the supply of medical care.

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(of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom

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adjective

(of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom

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adjective

(of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom

Example sentences

Less gov't red tape constricting the supply of medical care.

That's true but I'm not constricting "expert" to just domain expertise.

But implying that the very idea of standardized testing is constricting is a waste of time.

We impose restrictions on Chinese exports across the world by advocating preemptive defense against state-sponsored cyber-attacks, and yet we have our own tendrils constricting the world in the same manner.

The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism.

Especially because a lot of students spend hours memorizing facts which they will have forgotten a week after the test, and that time time could have been better spend on sensible things.>But implying that the very idea of standardized testing is constricting is a waste of time.

The first task, after running Diazos and learning that neckties would become caught in the feed and where the reverse button was by feel as my face was pressed to the top of the machine and my air supply was rapidly constricting was drawing plans for a series of double tee members [TT].