NARROWING Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

narrowing

verb

present participle of narrow

as in tightening

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The latest donation from the Citadel hedge fund founder comes as polls show the race between Donalds and Democratic candidate David Jolly tightening more than expected.

— Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026
Given a strong economy and persistent inflation, a pause does not mean the end of the tightening cycle, according to Gareth Leather, senior Asia economist at Capital Economics.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of tightening

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McKinney has focused his campaign on lessening the city’s homelessness crisis by leveraging people into treatment, tackling quality-of-life crimes, and reducing the city’s out-of-control legal costs.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Nearly the entire state remains in drought conditions, despite fall rain and the season’s first snows in the high country lessening the severity of the aridity.

— Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of lessening

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Police said the car was swerving across lanes, impeding traffic and forcing other drivers to brake or take action to avoid her car.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Advertisement But other allies of Jackson say an overcautious campaign is impeding the Bernie Sanders progressive and stalwart labor champion from connecting with voters.

— Julia Terruso, Time, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of impeding

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The carbon overlayer regulates subsequent growth, potentially limiting uneven deposition and stabilizing the region where tin and lithium interact.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Vander Veen, a business development manager for a government technology consulting firm, emphasized transparency, communication with residents and limiting growth.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

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Plus, there’s silica to softly blur the look of pores and texture without hindering your glow.

— Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 Oct. 2026
The Federal Election Commission experienced a filing system outage on Tuesday, hindering candidates and political action committees from filing 24- and 48-hour finance reports with a week to go before the midterm elections.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of hindering

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The officials said the restrictions were disrupting high-speed military drones, hampering Ukraine's ability to intercept Russian attacks and conduct operations along the front line.

— Garrett Downs, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Kyiv sees this as an attempt to pressure it into concessions by hampering its aerial defense and military operations.

— David Hickey, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of hampering

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The waiver, which ACS received in 2023, allowed the agency to place multiple juvenile detainees to sleep in hallways, classrooms and chapels, potentially restricting access to educational and other programming.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026
But for kids, restricting certain foods may lead them to become preoccupied with those foods.

— Bryn Beeder, The Conversation, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of restricting

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