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restrictive

adjective as in contrary

adjective as in provisional

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They appear to be using Kirk’s assassination as a pretext for a more restrictive autocratic crackdown on their political opponents and the media.

From Salon

Meanwhile, Sam Grady-Graham, a GB Boxing coach, says following restrictive eating regimes in your teens is potentially harmful.

From BBC

To receive federal approval, ibogaine would need to pass through multiple phases of clinical trials at the Food and Drug Administration and be moved by the Drug Enforcement Administration to a less restrictive drug category.

But she struggled to commit to any particular practice, always feeling that they were too demanding or restrictive.

In a blistering statement, Kerry Kennedy, RFK Jr.’s sister and president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, accused her brother of “undermining trust in science” and “endangering lives” with his restrictive vaccine policies.

From Salon

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