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To prevent the studio from fulfilling its annual quota with low-budget or automated content, the deal includes strict guardrails against "AI-generated" films.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021 and imposed a strict version of Islamic law.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Before dispatching them out onto the web, you need to set strict boundaries and give explicit instructions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
"Anything that may help should be explored, but it requires strict protocols and safety monitoring."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
The SS-HJ division was composed of Hitler Youth who were born in 1926 and who met the strict SS requirements for height and physical fitness.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Norway's capital Oslo has already decided to ban glasses equipped with cameras in schools, while there have been increasing calls for stricter regulation in the European Union and the United Kingdom.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Israeli airlines flying to Dubai are known to follow stricter security protocols than their foreign counterparts on the same route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
And they will have the option of choosing between the default 13+ setting for Meta AI, the app's optional built-in AI assistant, or a stricter "Limited Content" option.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Other proposals that would have created stricter requirements around the approval process for new storage sites did not advance through the Legislature this session.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
I saw how impossible and embarrassing it would be for me to try to switch from my free program into the stricter one.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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“It provides local energy for Angelenos, produced under some of the strictest environmental rules in the world, instead of oil shipped in from overseas,” spokesperson Ted Cordova said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Perhaps the biggest came in Oregon, which enacted the nation’s strictest curbs on private equity’s control over medical practices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
"The circumstances that led to the incident should be thoroughly reviewed, those responsible should be identified, and the strictest possible action should be taken."
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Amid the information vacuum, speculation is mounting as to how the aircraft managed to penetrate a city which has some of the world's strictest airspace controls.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
We buried it in the strictest privacy, so as not to set people talking.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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