as in tight
stretched with little or no give
a taut clothesline
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The taut, real-life tale plays as both a solid, gripping piece of old-fashioned movie-making and an insightful probing of the ways that obsession can twist up a man for good or evil.
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Here, the taut skin seemed to stretch and sweat, almost glowing, as if exasperated of their own grip.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
Thick swarms of black flies hummed and knocked against the windows of an idling car, while crows and vultures waited nearby — eyeballing the taut and bloated carcasses roasting in the October heat.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
In the lab, a piece of aerogel material a couple millimeters thick is held taut inside a metal frame.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Here, the taut skin seemed to stretch and sweat, almost glowing, as if exasperated of their own grip.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
Thick swarms of black flies hummed and knocked against the windows of an idling car, while crows and vultures waited nearby — eyeballing the taut and bloated carcasses roasting in the October heat.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
In the lab, a piece of aerogel material a couple millimeters thick is held taut inside a metal frame.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Taut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taut. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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