become restrictive
Frequency: 7.09.5 per million words
Indicates a process of becoming more limiting.
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Examples (10)
- In time, the changes become restrictive.
- The new rules began to become quite restrictive for small businesses.
- Without flexibility, even good policies can become restrictive.
- His diet had gradually become extremely restrictive, affecting his health.
- We must ensure that regulations do not become overly restrictive.
- As technology advanced, some old laws started to become restrictive.
- The government's control threatens to become increasingly restrictive.
- She felt her choices would become more restrictive after moving.
- If unchecked, bureaucratic processes can easily become restrictive.
- The once open-minded community began to become surprisingly restrictive in its views.