strictures

plural of stricture

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Recent Examples of strictures Other causes may include urinary stones, strictures, blood clots and infections that can block the outlet. Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025 Emotions are writ large and loud in Ben Hania’s script, as Red Crescent workers weep for the young girl at the end of the line, and furiously argue among each other about the morally right course of action to take, versus the strictures of protocol. Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025 That should turn our attention to those strictures, rather than to questioning the verisimilitude of her melodramatic doom. Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025 Levant said younger men are reacting against the strictures of traditional masculinity, the most notable of which is crying. Rachel Hale, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strictures
Noun
  • Almost as quickly as the condemnations of political violence came the conspiracy theories on the shooting.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • While other festival heads like Venice’s Alberto Barbera have shared personal condemnations of the violence in Gaza on social media, no festival has weighed into the situation directly as a whole institution.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When asked about the changing landscape of college athletics, Calipari said more regulations need to be put in place, including tougher restrictions on transfers and years that players are able to maintain eligibility.
    Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Estonia -- which shares a 183-mile frontier with Russia -- is now the only Baltic state not to have imposed new airspace restrictions along its eastern border.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Developers face rising costs, labor shortages, and supply constraints.
    Maurice Obeid, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The network denied the claims but admitted it was edited due to time constraints.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, the study has limitations.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Gulf states like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE could utilize their vast sovereign wealth funds to impose trade limitations on Israel.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Strictures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strictures. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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