stringency
noun
stringent character or condition.
stringencies
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pluralof stringency.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But he added that some air taxis are being lumped into categories such as general aviation where smaller aircraft have different stringencies than larger jetliners.
From Reuters ● Nov. 8, 2022
As an example, Alter cited Dr. Steiner’s assertion that “Antigone draws about herself an ethical solitude, a lucid dryness which seems to prefigure the stringencies of Kant.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2020
It's fair to guess that Kazaras's original staging ideas must have been both more coherent and more convincing before budget stringencies intervened.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2011
This is a small selection of the thousands who have had to endure the absurd stringencies of the UK Border Agency since the points-based visa system was introduced.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2010
But I am wandering from the point, just as I yearn to wander from all the stringencies of life this summer.
From The Garden, You, and I by Mabel Osgood Wright
