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How to pronounce stringent in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms rigorous, tight
Derivation stringency


stringent safety measures.

Examples of stringent

stringent
I think deep water drilling will resume with far more stringent safety measures.
From the forbes.com
At the same time, standards for safe drinking water keep getting more stringent.
From the denverpost.com
Even Mercedes-Benz diesels couldn't pass the most stringent environmental tests.
From the washingtontimes.com
The Holding Center, however, must meet the more-stringent regulations of a jail.
From the buffalonews.com
This is 27,000 times less stringent than the EPA rule of 3 picocuries per liter.
From the forbes.com
The pair escaped stringent controls to temper their dominance of TV advertising.
From the economist.com
Falling values will affect them too over time as regulations get more stringent.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
We then mapped the worm SH3 interactome using large-scale stringent Y2H screens.
From the nature.com
Many voters seem to lack confidence in the effectiveness of more stringent laws.
From the nytimes.com
More examples
  • Rigorous: demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures"
  • (stringently) strictly: in a stringent manner; "the laws are stringently enforced"; "stringently controlled"
  • (stringency) a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
  • (stringency) strictness: conscientious attention to rules and details
  • Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe
  • (stringency) A rigorous imposition of standards; A tightness or constriction; A scarcity of money or credit
  • (Stringency) reaction conditions such as temperature, salt, and pH that dictate the annealing in single-stranded DNA or RNA hybridizations. ...
  • (Stringency) The conditions of hybridization that increase the base-pairing of binding between two single strand portions of nucleic acid.
  • (Stringency) A parameter that lets you filter the results of a LifeSeq query based on how closely related the sequences in a cluster must be.