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stricture

[strik-cher] / ˈstrɪk tʃər /




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Repeating a theme, McMahon said it would be her intention to follow the law, which includes the Constitution’s stricture that Congress controls the purse strings.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

The company maintains it had systemwide stricture against hiring minors.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2023

First, his urine stream had grown weak, and he worried he might have a urethral stricture.

From New York Times • May 10, 2022

The two companies resisted this draconian stricture until, finally on Friday, they didn’t.

From Washington Post • Sep. 18, 2021

My father did, in any case, rapidly discover a way to circumvent the limitations on his effectiveness implied by the stricture that he should carry no laden trays.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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