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[strikt] / strɪkt /




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Let me just give the strict legal answer, and maybe we can pan out from there.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

In a previous statement on security, the Knicks posted on X: "A strict no-bag policy will be in effect, and fans should make effort to limit personal items to an absolute minimum."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

A bill relaxing the country's strict rules surrounding states of emergency passed the lower chamber following 15 hours of overnight debate, the body's president, Roberto Castro, announced.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

“He achieved these organic shapes, which are very characteristic of his architecture, but using very strict rules,” said Mauricio Cortés, an architect who has been working on completing the church for the past two decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Those strict parents of mine would never allow me to accept dinner invitations.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn




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