stricter

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It is lowering the leverage borrowers can build, tightening loan-to-value ratios and seeking stricter documentation in cases where it isn’t sure which firms would be winners or losers in the AI future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

There are already stricter rent increase caps for many residences, depending on the location, type and age of the building.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

It had a stricter return-to-office policy “which enabled it to mentor in-person and therefore hire young workers post-pandemic.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

It was a particularly rapid movement up the Iron Pipeline, the name for the trafficking channel from southern states with lax gun laws to northern states with stricter ones.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

It was either first names or, in some of the stricter homes, Mr. and Mrs. Somebody or Other.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway