as in severity
the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism)
some people objected to the stringency of the new regulations regarding the alteration of building exteriors in the historic district
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Recent Examples of stringency
This monetary stringency will exact a price: The Fed sees economic growth of just 0.5% next year, down sharply from September’s 1.2% projection and consistent with a recession.
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Greg Ip, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2022
But while more and more cities are imposing lockdowns — Taiyuan, the hub of China’s coal industry, joined the list on Thursday — the stringency of municipal lockdowns has weakened a little lately.
—New York Times, 17 Apr. 2022
Others such as Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett have carried the flame of its arguments forward on the Supreme Court since Scalia’s death, sometimes (in the case of Thomas) with more stringency than Scalia himself.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 23 Mar. 2022
More specifically, stringency index studies find that lockdowns in Europe and the United States only reduced COVID-19 mortality by 0.2% on average.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2022
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Greg Ip, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2022
But while more and more cities are imposing lockdowns — Taiyuan, the hub of China’s coal industry, joined the list on Thursday — the stringency of municipal lockdowns has weakened a little lately.
—New York Times, 17 Apr. 2022
Others such as Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett have carried the flame of its arguments forward on the Supreme Court since Scalia’s death, sometimes (in the case of Thomas) with more stringency than Scalia himself.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 23 Mar. 2022
More specifically, stringency index studies find that lockdowns in Europe and the United States only reduced COVID-19 mortality by 0.2% on average.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2022
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“Stringency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stringency. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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