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adjective

stringent

CEFR C2

demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

In a sentence

Six example sentences with stringent, each labelled with its topic.

  • Stringent cold-chain limits mean a vial that spends twenty minutes above eight degrees must be thrown away.

    Medicine

  • Stringent capital requirements forced the smaller banks to hold reserves that had sat comfortably below the old threshold.

    Finance

  • The park's stringent permit limits let only forty hikers a day onto the ridge, and the meadows recovered within four seasons.

    Environment

  • Stringent earthquake codes require every new school to stay standing through a shake that would flatten older housing.

    Architecture

  • Stringent customs checks at the island airport turn away any fruit, seed, or muddy boot that might carry pests.

    Travel

  • The league's stringent salary rules fine any team that exceeds the cap by even a single dollar.

    Basketball

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