stringent
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So many states had repealed so many firearm regulations that the District of Columbia’s stringent handgun ban looked like a true outlier.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
At least 100 people have been arrested, many of them on stringent non-bailable charges, across the country, according to the CJP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The U.K. has instead retained some of the most stringent EU environmental directives even as it added more of its own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Sable maintains it has fully repaired the pipelines and that the company adheres to stringent safety precautions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
And there is another smell in the Packard now, above leather and whiskey, a stringent, metallic smell overpowering my grandfather’s deodorant: fear.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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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