stricter
Example Sentences
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“The sharpest anger doesn’t really stem from stricter rules necessarily. It’s coming from a breakdown in transparency,” said Taylor Cunningham, a senior director at Trustpilot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
At the same time, it has tried to encourage home building in urban centers; projects that would add to suburban sprawl require stricter environmental reviews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Brazil is demanding that Discord implement stricter parental controls, cooperate more closely with the authorities and implement systems capable of detecting and preventing situations that put minors at risk.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Those limits include a stricter process to verify a user’s age that requires Meta to meet a certain threshold of accuracy, and a two-hour daily limit on its platforms if a user is under 18.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
This was a long time before us, when the guardians were much stricter, cruel even, and when she tried to get back in, she wasn’t allowed.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
