hard-and-fast
Example Sentences
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That’s not because the travel industry has a hard-and-fast rule about when to buy flights, but because the loosely understood best practice of a one-to-three-month advance window for nonholiday travel hasn’t arrived yet.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
There are no hard-and-fast rules about when a place name or other traditional description attached to a product becomes generic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Annoying, there is no hard-and-fast answer given in the report.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
This is why the broadcast limit is not really a hard-and-fast limit.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
But my parents didn't have hard-and-fast rules about our career aspirations.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
