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These companies also probably eased strict lending policies, leading to a loan expansion during the quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

The study points to an unexpected role for early sensory brain regions in decision making, challenging the long accepted view that decisions emerge only after information moves through a strict hierarchy of brain regions.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026

So Chapter 13 bankruptcy creates a strict court-approved repayment plan that can last three to five years on average, requiring you to repay your debts over time while keeping more of your assets.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

They were also, like Ma and Pa, fairly strict about certain things.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

I’d never seen Mama that way before, all reserved and almost strict.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

The union contends the plan should have gone through a stricter environmental review and that the company had not been clear on whether it planned to charge the public for events in the park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

There would be stricter handling of checked baggage, including increased use of X-ray systems.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

It also means stricter rules such as no targeted advertising to minors.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

But a weakening currency, bleak job prospects in the US and Europe, stricter visa requirements and immigration crackdowns have forced many to reconsider whether it is worth taking on hefty debts to move abroad.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

The lines struck me as wistful suggestions of a stricter time, of rules now observed in the breach, a memory fading like the strict lessons of the Academy.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

A trustee actually has the strictest transparency requirement for the beneficiaries.

From MarketWatch ● May 25, 2026

This would require the strictest inspections, which again raises the leverage question.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

Despite the country already having some of the strictest sunscreen regulations in the world, the TGA said the time was right for an overhaul.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

"What happened was barbaric, deplorable and shameful. We want the strictest punishment for those responsible," said Badshah Mian, managing director of Pioneer Knitwear.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026

Don Apolinar Moscote explained to him, in strictest confidence, that the soldiers had taken the weapons off as proof that the Liberals were preparing for war.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez