Example Sentences

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“Another benign set of inflation data in September reinforced the restrictiveness of current policy in real terms,” Standard Chartered analyst Razia Khan said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

“That makes monetary policy more restrictive than it was, say a couple of quarters ago, and then additional restrictiveness of monetary policy poses some risks going forward,” Miran said.

From Barron's • Oct. 7, 2025

“I see our current policy situation as likely requiring less ultimate financial restrictiveness compared with past episodes and posing a smaller risk,” Evans said at a separate New York event.

From Reuters • Feb. 18, 2022

He confessed disappointment not in the caliber of the films but in the restrictiveness of his roles.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2020

Otherwise you could tilt toward that depending on the degree of restrictiveness, that is, the degree to which the meaning of the sentence critically depends on the relative clause.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker