restrictive
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"People's lives have been put on hold, so whereas normally you would plan things with your family, especially through the school holidays, this has been restrictive to a lot of families."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Some of those trade groups also attempted to steer the FTC toward a proposal the business community would find less restrictive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
A “negative output gap, a languishing labor market, soft real income growth and unambiguously restrictive monetary policy should alleviate concerns around sticky underlying inflation in the U.K.,” von Ahlen argues.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Still, the American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil recently warned that Washington's measure places Brazil among countries "facing the most restrictive conditions for access to the US market," affecting more than $11 billion in exports.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Death row is the most restrictive punitive confinement permitted.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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