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as in close
not allowing penetration (as by gas, liquid, or light) the lid forms a tight seal with the canister that will keep the spices fresh

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as in narrow
showing little difference in the standing of the competitors a tight race for governor

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Recent Examples of tight Ossant added that fashion tends to swing between extremes—tight to loose, tailored to oversized—and that each generation typically rebels against the styles of the one before it. Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025 Conditions on the grid are expected to grow increasingly tighter, with peak demand jumping by 32 gigawatts from last 2024 to 2030, according to the grid operator. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025 At 42 inches wide, the sturdy bench is small-space friendly for tight mudrooms or hallways. Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2025 The cave and cabin are not ADA accessible, and the cave portion requires guests to maneuver around rocks and in and out of tight spaces. Nathan Diller, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tight
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Adjective
  • Bishnoi denies involvement in Moosewala’s murder, but in an explosive interview from behind bars, accused his close aide of orchestrating it.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The departure of Busquets and Alba means Messi will lose two of his most talented teammates and closest friends.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The end result will be a space that feels collected over time, rather than stuck in time.
    Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
  • For now, the nation’s capital remains stuck in neutral.
    Phil Elliott, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Brown will play nine or 10 guys, compared to Thibodeau’s stingier approach.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The Chargers entered the game undefeated, and have been especially stingy on defense.
    Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In a post shared on Wednesday morning, Jayapal claimed agents have pulled children from their beds during nighttime raids, fired on civilians in broad daylight, and deployed tear gas on crowded streets.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • According to a poll from the University of California, Berkeley released in late August, Porter led the crowded field of Democrats with 17 percent support.
    Julia Manchester, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
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  • But those plans can be quite narrow and ineffective for addressing flood damage.
    Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Wide, shallow pans allow alcohol to evaporate more quickly than deep, narrow ones.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Martin, who is fifty-four, is the most commercially successful songwriter of the twenty-first century; his work is meticulous and precise, and his songs are taut, balanced, unyielding.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The action is taut, the stakes are clear, and Kirk never misses a chance to remind us that all of these are just regular people who’ve crossed paths in a dark place.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025
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  • The raid, Jones says, also exposed familiar fault lines in labor and manufacturing.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Stop us if any of this sounds familiar.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • If the soil is moist, the plant may be wilted because the soil is too wet and the roots are rotting.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Later, Alma finds Maggie waiting for her outside her door, wet and shivering.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Tight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tight. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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