red tape

Example Sentences

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In San Francisco, Lurie has enjoyed high approval ratings and amassed a social-media following with his relentless boosterism and focus on cleaning up and cutting red tape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The government said it hopes to speed up decision making by stripping away "outdated regulations and overlapping consultations" as part of cuts to red tape.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

In California, state legislators are debating how to protect residents and natural resources without creating so much red tape that developers go elsewhere, taking their jobs and taxable earnings with them.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

The cost, in time and red tape untangling, of quarterly reporting is immense, and for larger firms can approach $100 million a year when audit fees are included.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Judge Biederman says that she is going to overlook all of the red tape for now.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan