red tape

Example Sentences

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"This will allow us to deliver a 'food & drink' trade deal worth £5.1bn a year, backing British jobs and slashing costly red tape for our farmers, producers and businesses."

From BBC • Apr. 13, 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

“This is why Balen resonates with the youth,” said Surajan Budhathoki, 31, an app designer in Kathmandu who has struggled with red tape and high taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

He had even tried to help her with the mountain of paperwork and red tape that had been dumped on them in order to get survivor benefits from the trucking company.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin