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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The industry is fettered by debt.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any attempt to stifle or fetter such criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind.
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Imaginations fettered by today's highly successful orthodoxy will break free.
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In fact, kids often tend to have a less fettered, more honest view of the world around them.
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It could fetter the independence of the judiciary.
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It is a personal agreement between shareholders which does not fetter the company in the exercise of its statutory powers.
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The advisers need to ensure that the obligations do not fetter the company's powers in any way.
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The words of the Insolvency Act 1986 do not fetter the court's discretion in any way.