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Recent Examples of tighten
The Trump administration has repeatedly sought to tighten immigration rules for commercial vehicle drivers.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
With high interest rates and tightening credit, the office sector will continue to struggle.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
History suggests the opposite: Beijing has been more, not less, likely to tighten its ties with Pyongyang when North Korea is drifting toward Moscow.
—Shuxian Luo, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2025
White House efforts to tighten its grip on the Washington, D.C., police force are prompting pushback from the city’s leaders, escalating tensions as the Trump administration sought to compel Washington’s help with immigration enforcement.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 Aug. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
With high interest rates and tightening credit, the office sector will continue to struggle.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
History suggests the opposite: Beijing has been more, not less, likely to tighten its ties with Pyongyang when North Korea is drifting toward Moscow.
—Shuxian Luo, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2025
White House efforts to tighten its grip on the Washington, D.C., police force are prompting pushback from the city’s leaders, escalating tensions as the Trump administration sought to compel Washington’s help with immigration enforcement.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tighten
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Especially in the 200, he’s been known to tense up on the turn, which slows him down.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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Taylor Heinicke visibly tensed the moment the ball left his fingers.—
Devon Henderson,
Oc Register,
25 July 2025
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Originally expected to be a three-month rental for filming, COVID-19 delays stretched the family’s time away from home to around 11 months.—
Brendel Clark,
Freep.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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The disparity is not like division play, as Sankey pointed out, when for long stretches one division was much stronger than the other, and teams played most of their games against their own division.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Tighten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tighten. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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