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stricture

[strik-cher] / ˈstrɪk tʃər /




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Repeating a theme, McMahon said it would be her intention to follow the law, which includes the Constitution’s stricture that Congress controls the purse strings.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

The company maintains it had systemwide stricture against hiring minors.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2023

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

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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