stringent

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While never mentioning China by name, the ministers clearly took aim at Beijing and its stringent export controls on rare earths in their statement, after two days of meetings in France.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Allen, who had reserved a room as a hotel guest, said in his manifesto obtained by the New York Post that security was far less stringent than he had expected.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

The company still burned through $1.45 billion in the first quarter, a hangover from the stringent production caps that U.S. regulators imposed two years ago to address past quality-control lapses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

That being said, ExpressVPN’s privacy practices include some “gold standard” stuff like RAM-only servers that are wiped at every reboot and its stringent no-logs policy.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Regulations were stringent, and his data never was obtained from a reliable source, but always were obtained.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller