Tom's parents are much stricter than Mary's parents.
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Stricter
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ironhandedjustlegalisticlimitationlimitedliteralliteralistliteralisticlordlymagisterialmagistralmasterfulmathematicalmeticulousmicrometrically precisemicroscopicminutemonocraticnarrownice
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The President's attempts to bring in stricter gun control laws have been thwarted time and time again by the powerful gun lobby.
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We need stricter gun laws.
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I believe that stricter vigilance is necessary here.
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