: closely integrated and bound in love or friendship
a tight-knit family
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In reality, the Detroit rap scene of the 1990s, including the Hip Hop Shop, was tight-knit.
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Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 3 Aug. 2025
University communities are tight-knit, and influence travels fast.
—Rhea Maniar, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
For more than 50 episodes over four seasons, the Osbournes appealed to viewers by being both a spectacle — the out-of-touch Hollywood household — and a familiarly flawed family, loving and tight-knit.
—Maya Salam, New York Times, 23 July 2025
Pacioretty about everything off of the Strip, living-wise, schooling-wise, just how tight-knit the communities are, and privacy-wise too.
—Jesse Granger, New York Times, 2 July 2025
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Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 3 Aug. 2025
University communities are tight-knit, and influence travels fast.
—Rhea Maniar, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
For more than 50 episodes over four seasons, the Osbournes appealed to viewers by being both a spectacle — the out-of-touch Hollywood household — and a familiarly flawed family, loving and tight-knit.
—Maya Salam, New York Times, 23 July 2025
Pacioretty about everything off of the Strip, living-wise, schooling-wise, just how tight-knit the communities are, and privacy-wise too.
—Jesse Granger, New York Times, 2 July 2025
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“Tight-knit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tight-knit. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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