as in to contain
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
try to rein in your spending, so you have some money left for saving
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Be warned: This article includes hints and comments that may contain spoilers for today’s puzzle.—
New York Times Games,
New York Times,
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The panel contains an on/off button and a slider for adjusting the brightness level.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
19 Feb. 2025
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Colleagues in a healthy workplace regulate what’s acceptable and what grates with thousands of social cues that most don’t consciously register.—
Anna Jankowska,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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In New York, one of the states that regulates lottery courier services, companies are expected – once they are licensed – to adhere to the state’s Gaming Commission’s regulations.—
Michelle Watson,
CNN,
25 Feb. 2025
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Two key themes have dominated campaigning: curbing mass migration and righting the country’s flailing economy.—
Sebastian Shukla,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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Health care: Still recovering from pandemic spending, hospitals across China are being squeezed by a slumping economy and efforts to curb medical spending.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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By Rebecca Schneid February 28, 2025 10:35 AM EST U.S. consumers have been encouraged to participate in a 24-hour buying boycott today, targeting all economic activity—especially major retailers—as a way to show politicians that everyday consumers can control the economy.—
Rebecca Schneid,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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By the end of the 1970s, Mr. Coffee controlled fully half of the American coffee maker market.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
28 Feb. 2025
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Many officers presumed that the only way to advance up the ranks, or avoid a hazing, or even keep their jobs, was to be supplicant to the brass.—
Marc J. Dunkelman,
TIME,
27 Feb. 2025
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Government funding expires on March 14, and keeping the government open past the deadline will likely require bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Moments later, another body camera captures the inmate restrained in handcuffs being carried face down by three officers — two at his arms, another at his legs — through the entryway.—
Thomas C. Zambito,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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Mary got another domestic violence restraining order on Dec. 30, an order the court extended on Jan. 22.—
David J. Neal and,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Rein (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rein%20%28in%29. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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