restrictive
Example Sentences
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Growing up in the world of professional ballet with its restrictive body standards and intense discipline, Osinski found newfound freedom in skateboarding.
From Los Angeles Times
Families feel isolated due to increasingly restrictive border policies and controls in Europe, general indifference and the criminalisation of migrants.
From Barron's
The bank has said that the neutral rate for Japan—one that is neither restrictive nor stimulative to the economy—likely lies between 1.0% and 2.5%.
“They’re very restrictive in terms of what we can do,” he said.
Miran has emerged as the most outspoken internal critic of that approach, arguing that policy remains too restrictive and risks unnecessary damage to the labor market.
From Barron's
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