stringent
adjective
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Words that are synonymous with stringent include rigid, which implies uncompromising inflexibility ("rigid rules of conduct"), and rigorous, which suggests hardship and difficulty ("the rigorous training of firefighters"). Also closely related is strict, which emphasizes undeviating conformity to rules, standards, or requirements ("strict enforcement of the law"). Stringent usually involves severe, tight restrictions or limitations ("the college has stringent admissions rules"). That's logical. After all, rigorous and rigid are both derived from rigēre, the Latin word meaning "to be stiff," and stringent and strict developed from the Latin verb stringere, meaning "to bind tight."
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Katie Rife, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
Separately, China’s economic growth has been weak due to a downturn in the real estate market and a slow rebound from stringent Covid-19 lockdowns that ended over a year ago.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The findings would help hold countries with less stringent standards accountable for their emissions output.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
But making the requirements more stringent affects the credit prices in the LCFS, which then ripples down to the price of fuels such as gasoline.
—Rob Nikolewski, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Stringent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stringent. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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