as in tight
stretched with little or no give
a taut clothesline
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Recent Examples of taut
The taut and well-crafted play imagines King’s final evening, where he’s exhausted by the relentless pace of his activist work, questioning his mission, hounded by the press, suspicious of government surveillance and afraid for his life.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025
The score is propulsive and taut, the singing strong, and Elkanah Pulitzer’s production flips back and forth between Alexandria and Rome with action-movie ease.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025
One long, stiff leaf remains taut and intact, a narrow green mirror,
a canoe full of water where the sun king shines—hypocrite?
—Samantha Schnee, The New York Review of Books, 24 Apr. 2025
Nicola, played like a taut violin string by Embeth Davidtz (who also directed and adapted this story from Alexandra Fuller’s memoir of the same name), sleeps cradling an assault rifle.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025
The score is propulsive and taut, the singing strong, and Elkanah Pulitzer’s production flips back and forth between Alexandria and Rome with action-movie ease.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025
One long, stiff leaf remains taut and intact, a narrow green mirror,
a canoe full of water where the sun king shines—hypocrite?
—Samantha Schnee, The New York Review of Books, 24 Apr. 2025
Nicola, played like a taut violin string by Embeth Davidtz (who also directed and adapted this story from Alexandra Fuller’s memoir of the same name), sleeps cradling an assault rifle.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for taut
tight
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When culture starts performing alignment instead of living it, most companies reach for fixes: tighter messaging, new values, more playbooks.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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That’s because of the NFL’s ownership rules, which are tighter than those in other sports.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Taut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taut. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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