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[strikt] / strɪkt /




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"Anything that may help should be explored, but it requires strict protocols and safety monitoring."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Before dispatching them out onto the web, you need to set strict boundaries and give explicit instructions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Pilots who have regularly flown from Dubai recounted strict searches through metal detectors that have led security staff to confiscate everything from selfie sticks to hair spray to cups of coffee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Harman said he did not believe the strict legal threshold required in order to request such a ban had been met.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Then I’d remember that though she was our strict Ma, she was still his daughter.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Israeli airlines flying to Dubai are known to follow stricter security protocols than their foreign counterparts on the same route.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

At the Old Bailey on Monday, Judge Mark Lucraft KC granted conditional bail with stricter conditions than at a previous hearing, including the increased surety and electronic monitoring.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Other proposals that would have created stricter requirements around the approval process for new storage sites did not advance through the Legislature this session.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Owners of units in condominiums are increasingly struggling to sell because of surprise HOA fees, insurance problems, special assessments and stricter lending standards.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 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

Then—and I’m telling you this in strictest confidence—Wiatt’s days are numbered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The European Commission stated in August that, given the size of its market, Roblox now falls under its strictest digital services regulations, which notably require it to assess risks to minors.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

California, which has some of the nation’s strictest gun laws, largely prohibits possession of a firearm within 1,000 feet of a K-12 school under the Gun-Free School Zone Act of 1995.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Social Security has one of the strictest measures of disability.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Collins, for his part, said that he never “taught” Bobby in the strictest sense.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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