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restrictive

[ri-strik-tiv] / rɪˈstrɪk tɪv /




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Last year, the couple signed a more restrictive first-look agreement with Netflix.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

It was me and a very small team starting with what I felt like was missing in the market — which was great-looking clothing that was not restrictive, but also technical.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Decades of inadequate investment in social housing, sluggish construction rates, and Australia's restrictive planning laws - which limit homes being built where most people want to live – have taken a toll.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Another possibility is that current monetary policy isn’t as restrictive as officials had thought, which would argue for keeping rates at least at current levels for longer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

She then peeped round to where I sat; so stern a neighbour was too restrictive: to him, in his present fractious mood, she dared whisper no observations, nor ask of him any information.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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