restrictive
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Michelle Bowman said the Fed’s moderately restrictive policy aims to maintain stable labor markets and return inflation to its 2% goal.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
And following a restrictive diet that cuts out entire food groups like vegetables doesn’t align with established nutrition research, either.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
Mehta believes his care board wants him to accept a model of care that is cheaper or more restrictive than the one he says he actually needs.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Last year, the couple signed a more restrictive first-look agreement with Netflix.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Gradually, then, the restrictive modes were replaced by the more flexible system of keys, which allowed for a larger number of notes to be available at any given time.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing restrictive
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