as in tight
stretched with little or no give
a taut clothesline
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Recent Examples of taut
In one of the film’s tautest sequences, they’re caught swimming in a neighbor’s pool by a caretaker (Damien Bonnard), and Sana must decide whether to pay off the man to keep his silence.
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
These are generally defined as self-stabilizing structures made up of rigid (or in this case, semi-rigid) components held in place by taut cables.
—New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2025
Her look featured an open gray trench coat and matching floor-length flared skirt, which left plenty of room to display her leather bra top, taut abs and belly ring.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
While the climax sputters a bit, the rest is taut and engrossing.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
These are generally defined as self-stabilizing structures made up of rigid (or in this case, semi-rigid) components held in place by taut cables.
—New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2025
Her look featured an open gray trench coat and matching floor-length flared skirt, which left plenty of room to display her leather bra top, taut abs and belly ring.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
While the climax sputters a bit, the rest is taut and engrossing.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for taut
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taut
tight
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There’s something rare about Swain, who is a young brainiac, but one who has built his business the old-fashioned, pre-quant-trading and Excel models Wall Street way, via charm offensives that weave webs of tight relationships few rivals can match.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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Money was tight, especially when Smith’s father, who worked as a machinist after returning from World War II, was on strike.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Taut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taut. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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