stringency
IPA: strˈɪndʒʌnsi
noun
- A rigorous imposition of standards.
- A tightness or constriction.
- A scarcity of money or credit.
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Examples of "stringency" in Sentences
- As stated above, it's chiefly a matter of stringency.
- A money stringency again appeared in England, in 1839.
- Alternative treatments do require the same stringency.
- It's a call for extra stringency, not for different criteria.
- I appreciate your stringency but I think you've gone overboard.
- Candidates are then sometimes shocked at the stringency applied.
- It's a stringency to avoid inappropriate touching between the sexes.
- I'm glad to see the stringency of the process is finally paying dividends.
- Boutwell created monetary stringency by selling more gold then he bought bonds.
- An additional difficulty is the current stringency of environmental legislation.
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