red tape
Example Sentences
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“The Compassionate Allowances initiative cuts through red tape and allows us to deliver support to individuals who experience life-changing diagnoses and need help fast.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Dozens of Gaza students who won scholarships to universities in Italy are still waiting to be evacuated due to bureaucratic red tape, leaving qualified students in a deadly conflict zone, AFP has found.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Business leaders in Lincolnshire say rising costs and red tape is stopping firms from taking on young people for summer jobs.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
County Supervisor Hilda Solis have tried to cut through jurisdictional red tape, many residents complain that they’ll ask one office for help, only to be directed to another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
There would be thickets of red tape to negotiate and fines to pay.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
