Examples of hard-and-fast in a Sentence
hard-and-fast rules that governed the corporate environment in those days included strictures regarding office dress that were rigidly enforced
hard-and-fast beliefs that are the rock-solid foundation of their religion
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One hard-and-fast rule to live by in this case?
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026
But even in the absence of hard-and-fast rules and guardrails on how AI can be used in schools, education policymakers identified a number of ethical concerns raised by the technology’s spread, including student safety, data privacy and negative impacts on student learning.
—Janice Mak, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2026
This was my hard-and-fast belief — up until the trailer for The Sheep Detectives was released on December 18.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
There’s no hard-and-fast rule, and if someone tells you there is?
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026
But even in the absence of hard-and-fast rules and guardrails on how AI can be used in schools, education policymakers identified a number of ethical concerns raised by the technology’s spread, including student safety, data privacy and negative impacts on student learning.
—Janice Mak, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2026
This was my hard-and-fast belief — up until the trailer for The Sheep Detectives was released on December 18.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
There’s no hard-and-fast rule, and if someone tells you there is?
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hard-and-fast
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“Hard-and-fast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-and-fast. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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