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"For them, parity is less an ultimate goal than a transitory and permissive springboard for testing Western resolve and pursuing whatever additional accretions of strategic power the strictures of SALT and American tolerance will allow."

"The new company policy imposed strictures on employees' use of social media during work hours. "

"The teacher's strictures about proper grammar made the students more careful in their writing. "

"The doctor suspects a urethral stricture because the patient is having difficulty urinating. "

"The school's strictures about uniform policy are very clear: no brightly colored shoes or visible logos. "

"The teacher's strictures on the noisy students were a sharp look and a quick, firm hand gesture. "

"The phonetics professor explained how the strictures in the sounds /p/ and /b/ involve complete closure of the lips, creating a burst of air. "