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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 That was only a day and a half before the storm reached Alaska waters - a tight timeline for evacuation. NPR, 17 Oct. 2025 Made with tight tolerances, the AXMC holds sub-MOA accuracy irrespective of the barrel that is used. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025 Here, her front pieces were cast away from her face; her ends brushed together in a tight bouncy curl. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025 On their already tight $45,000 joint annual income, budgeting for themselves and their five children will become that much harder. Ali Swenson, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tight
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  • What to Know For Dedication Night, a family member or close friend will join each celebrity for their dedication dance.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The Andromeda Galaxy The Andromeda Galaxy lies almost directly overhead in the hours surrounding midnight on October nights, presenting a perfect opportunity to observe the Milky Way's closest neighbor without the atmospheric interference that comes from being close to the horizon.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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  • However, since the announcement, discourse around who should and shouldn’t be given wings exposed just how stuck in the past some viewers still are.
    Essence, Essence, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The Aurora Police Department said on X that a vehicle rear-ended a box truck and became stuck underneath it.
    Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • While the Browns aren't exactly an offensive juggernaut, their defense has been stingy, and the Steelers' offense has had trouble moving the chains this season.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Brown will play nine or 10 guys, compared to Thibodeau’s stingier approach.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • Many of the activists who most recently fought to keep the park support housing development, but Smith said the project will ultimately do a disservice to students and other neighborhood residents who are losing an important open space in a crowded urban environment.
    Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • His analytical discipline transforms vision into velocity and gives the company its edge in an increasingly crowded marketplace.
    Sara Smith, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • Colorado State is currently mired in a three-game losing streak, following a narrow 21-17 win over Northern Colorado.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Whatever the catalyst, a change in the political environment seemed to connect with a social change that brought back narrow, and at times constrictive, ideas of womanhood depicted in media.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
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  • 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
  • Their 105mm rise kept proportion taut, while the cutout ankle strap echoed the house’s ongoing exploration of tactile hardware — recently updated with T-Latch sandals and tortoiseshell-heel variations, as seen on Kylie Jenner walking into the show.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • But after the offense scored just one goal against Uxbridge, Quinn and the coaching staff made the move to push Schneider – one of the Porkers’ best finishers – back up to her familiar center-forward position against Canton, along with a couple of other changes.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Which means the vagaries of late October are pretty familiar for this franchise and the bulk of these players.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • New additives like preservatives, flavorings and vitamins were infused into them, and they were packaged in novel ways to withstand hard helicopter drops, wet beach landings and days at the bottom of rucksacks.
    Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The team also considered that the concrete was likely to be wet during the day, after being freshly poured, and drier at night, hours later.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Tight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tight. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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