Lack of funding has been a major constraint on the building's design. They demand freedom from constraint. They refuse to work under constraint any longer.
Recent Examples on the WebLaws, which aim for lofty authority, are only one of the flavors of constraint Ms. Daston describes, along with models and algorithms. Timothy Farrington, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022 The jump in fuel costs that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine set off are an additional constraint. Justin Lahart, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2022 If your dog hates life jackets—and any other form of constraint—this is the perfect solution. Kelley Rebori, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2022 To Beijing, the existing order has become inherently hostile to it and a constraint on its global ambitions. Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 13 July 2022 Temporarily from regulatory constraint, these products flooded the market. Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 24 June 2022 Indeed, the biggest constraint for Apple fans hoping to play games is not performance, but the lack of support for most current big-budget titles. Brian Westover, PCMAG, 8 July 2022 These eliminations leave the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, negotiated by former presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev in 2010, as the only constraint on the numbers of strategic nuclear weapons. The Editors, Scientific American, 1 June 2022 With supply as a constraint, building long-range commodity buying strategies is critical. Lora Cecere, Forbes, 2 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Middle French constrainte, from constraindre — see constrain