red tape
Example Sentences
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The Pentagon has held up SpaceX as an example of companies that can help the military cut through red tape and more quickly field weapons and other capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
But red tape is now threatening the future of many bakers' culinary creations as some councils in England are reviewing their street trading policies, and questioning whether cake sheds should require a licence.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
A highly specific 35 percent cut to government red tape using A.I.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026
“We kept saying we wanted to address affordability, but yet we were getting in our own way of doing that because the regulatory red tape was adding so much time.”
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
"I saw the queues, the shortages, the filthiness of public lavatories, the bureaucracy, the corruption, the red tape, the rudeness of officials, the impossibility of obtaining redress when one had a complaint," he remembered.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
