How to Use red tape in a Sentence

red tape

noun

• You would not believe the red tape involved in getting the required permits.
• Bureaucratic red tape and corruption in Afghanistan stalled the process for nearly five years.
  — Brooke Baitinger, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2021
• But landlords say the guarantee of partial payment is not enough to endure the yards of bureaucratic red tape.
  — Abby Vesoulis, Time, 4 Oct. 2021
• The hope is that the testbed will remove much of the red tape that might otherwise encumber partnering with the government.
  — Adi Gaskell, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
• Garvey's campaign site mentions cutting red tape and regulations, but not tech specifically.
  — Maria Curi, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
• For overseas acts, coming to the United States to perform has always meant cutting through thick layers of bureaucratic red tape.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2021
• But will doctors, whose patients have spent the past year or more growing comfortable with virtual visits, also be willing to take steps that could likely involve extra costs and red tape?
  — Time, 26 Aug. 2021
• The Treasury Department has also issued updates to guidance and is working to cut red tape, so programs can approve and move money more quickly.
  — Sarah Ewall-Wice, CBS News, 24 Sep. 2021
• This additional staff member helps cut through the red tape, navigating coronavirus protocols and testing requirements for guests during the trip.
  — Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021
• While the bill aims to cut red tape, some legislators have questioned if creating another state authority would only exacerbate the problem.
  — Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Aug. 2021
• Why all this red tape in the way of the best and the brightest?
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 6 Feb. 2024
• But that’s where the easy part of the project ends — and the red tape begins.
  — Amy Bushatz, Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2022
• Kids play in the background, as members of the crowd joke about the red tape.
  — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2022
• The grants are easy to apply for without a lot of red tape.
  — Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 10 Sep. 2022
• This means the team knows the struggle, the red tape and also how to overcome them.
  — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2022
• Incentives to builders and plans to cut red tape are among the chief tools in the statewide effort.
  — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2024
• But the rates never changed, despite the easing of red tape.
  — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 22 Apr. 2022
• Bella cut through the red tape and threw down a Golden Buzzer free pass for Wheelz.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2022
• There’s quite a lot of red tape as to where cameras can be placed within the buildings, though.
  — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 26 May 2023
• Plans to adapt the grid to clean energy are confronting mountains of red tape.
  — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 14 June 2022
• The team spent 17 days on board, but much of the work was waylaid by bureaucratic red tape.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2023
• Everything is always draped in miles and miles of red tape.
  — Fox News, 27 June 2022
• The driver’s-side taillight was replaced with red tape and the tailgate was faded.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2021
• Gloria vowed to keep cutting through red tape at City Hall.
  — David Garrick jan. 11, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
• For Hsu, this red tape is the No. 1 reason Oxbryta hasn’t been more widely used.
  — Jason Mast, STAT, 19 Dec. 2022
• Patzer pushed for 15 years to jump-start the data collection process but said she was stymied by red tape.
  — Ben Tanen, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• Peskin blamed the city’s housing dearth on market forces, not red tape.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• Twenty twenty-three could be the year red tape loses its grip.
  — Jonathan Wolfson, National Review, 1 Feb. 2023
• The good news is the vessels will stay anchored while officials sort through that red tape.
  — [e-mail], Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2022
• The latest lights to try to work their way through red tape and onto the road are active-matrix LED lamps, which can shape their beams to avoid blinding oncoming drivers.
  — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024