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Six example sentences with circumscribe, each labelled with its topic.
The new statute circumscribes the agency's power, allowing it to inspect only factories that handle imported chemicals.
Law
The physical therapist circumscribed his training to swimming and cycling until the stress fracture in his shin healed.
Fitness
Local rules circumscribe fishing in the bay to two months a year, and the cod population has slowly recovered.
Environment
Strict import quotas circumscribe what the factory can buy, so it uses local steel even when it is worse.
Economics
The new constitution circumscribes the president's emergency powers, limiting them to thirty days without a vote.
Politics
The tournament rules circumscribe which characters may be chosen, and the two strongest are banned outright.
Gaming
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