stringent
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“Since 1976, air conditioning systems changed and agencies around the world have more stringent cleaning and hygiene standards for cooling towers and large-scale air-conditioning systems,” the CDC says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
"Crucially, the New York Times would face a far more stringent burden of proof in Israel than under the US standard, as a mere lack of malice is insufficient to avoid liability," he said.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
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
Europe’s financial services sector is buffered by structural risk aversion and stringent capital frameworks like Solvency II.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Yet she decided that she would not permit this new and stringent law to interfere with her plan to keep guiding slaves out of Dorchester County.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
Vocabulary lists containing stringent
Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 2
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Vocabulary from the Third and Final Presidential Debate, October 19, 2016
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