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Recent Examples of taut His skin was taut with strength; his rump came right off his back like his father’s. Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025 This is an album of dazzling, free-flowing eclecticism: The rap is lean and taut, the reggae sways like the coolest island breeze, and the love rhapsodies swoon, thanks to the funky elegance of her own multitracked harmonies. Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025 But their taut power-pop-rock is best appreciated on these big stages. Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 13 Aug. 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
Adjective
  • That confusion is further reflected by the manic hyper-subjectivity of Bronstein’s filmmaking, which boxes Linda into a close-up so tight that everything around her — especially her unnamed daughter, who almost never appears on screen — might as well be a disembodied echo of her own anxiety.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Like Lawrence, Sam Darnold isn’t squeamish about passing into tight windows or risking an INT blemish.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Taut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taut. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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