stricture
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Yet almost three years later, the site still hosts numerous listings that appear to violate this stricture.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2022
Such a stricture has been harder for the Fed to follow as it has significantly expanded its purchases since last year to stabilize financial markets in the face of the pandemic recession.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2021
The two companies resisted this draconian stricture until, finally on Friday, they didn’t.
From Washington Post • Sep. 18, 2021
Cybersecurity experts say the “don’t work in .ru” stricture, a reference to Russia’s national domain suffix, has become de rigueur in the Russian-speaking hacking community, to avoid entanglements with Russian law enforcement.
From New York Times • May 29, 2021
“There is no stricture on you, for you have tried.”
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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