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restricted

subject to restriction or subjected to restriction

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Six example sentences with restricted, each labelled with its topic.

  • Access to the inner valley is restricted between May and July, when only forty permits are issued each week.

    Travel

  • The database is restricted to six accounts, and every query those accounts run is logged and reviewed each Friday.

    Technology

  • Tripods are restricted in the cathedral, so visitors brace against pillars and shoot at whatever shutter speed they can manage.

    Photography

  • Visiting hours are restricted on the ward, and even family must leave by eight so patients can sleep.

    Medicine

  • Trading in the shares was restricted for ninety days, so early investors could not sell before the lock-up ended.

    Finance

  • Access to the sealed files is restricted to the judge and two clerks who signed a confidentiality order.

    Law

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