stricture

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The company maintains it had systemwide stricture against hiring minors.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2023

Because her narrowing was causing her to be short of breath, the stricture needed to be opened.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Yet almost three years later, the site still hosts numerous listings that appear to violate this stricture.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2022

This last stricture may seem iffy: After all, if Amazon can harness its trove of knowledge to develop the type of diapers that people most desire at the lowest cost, why stand in its way?

From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2021

I thrilled to that truth too sweet to be believed: that as I entered the Army, I should be freed in the eyes of the law—no stricture should bind me, no paper should hold me.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson