stringent
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“The Board’s standard is stringent, involves numerous steps and use of validated risk assessment tools, including evaluation by forensic psychologists,” spokesperson Emily Humpal wrote in an email.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Matt Higginson, an environment manager for the Environment Agency, said permits placed "stringent conditions" on waste sites.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
In announcing its findings, the EPA cited federal lead standards only, and not California’s more stringent thresholds.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
While never mentioning China by name, the ministers clearly took aim at Beijing and its stringent export controls on rare earths in their statement, after two days of meetings in France.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
Yet she decided that she would not permit this new and stringent law to interfere with her plan to keep guiding slaves out of Dorchester County.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
Vocabulary lists containing stringent
Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 2
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Vocabulary from the Third and Final Presidential Debate, October 19, 2016
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