strict
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They were under strict instructions from Soils Solutions to avoid trampling the new lawn for six months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Meanwhile, his wife, Amal, told Glamour in July 2025 how the family maintains their safety and security by implementing a strict phone ban inside her home.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
These include caps on legal fee reimbursements and strict preforeclosure requirements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
She says reversals are not routinely available on the NHS as there are strict criteria for having one.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
"When we were well out of their sight, we stopped and hugged each other like children playing hooky from a strict boarding school."
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Now, the state is developing even stricter landscaping requirements within five feet of homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
However, the higher spending on fossil fuels coincides with a stricter approach to capital discipline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Misra argues that examination agencies need stronger governance through tighter procedures, regular audits, greater accountability and stricter enforcement.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Also missing is that for two decades leading up to the crisis, financial regulation grew stricter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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
Social Security has one of the strictest measures of disability.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
The Snowdrop campaign that followed led to the UK enforcing some of the strictest firearms legislation in the world.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Students attending graduate school will also face the strictest loan limits in decades.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
This would require the strictest inspections, which again raises the leverage question.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
I knew Mrs. Joe’s housekeeping to be of the strictest kind, and that my larcenous researches might find nothing available in the safe.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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