taut

adjective

ˈtȯt How to pronounce taut (audio)
Definition of tautnext
as in tight
stretched with little or no give a taut clothesline

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Recent Examples of taut For a woman who died in 1818, her face seems slightly too taut, her eyes slightly too wide, her skin slightly too bright. — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 3 July 2026 Bass is taut and clean, midrange clear and expressive, and treble crisp and extended for a high definition performance with all manner of music. — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Cleverly shot, the film made good use of its taut 74-minute running time (not counting commercials, of course). — David Morgan, CBS News, 7 June 2026 Yates was the one to finally blink in what had been a taut pitchers’ duel between the Dodgers’ Roki Sasaki and the Angels’ Reid Detmers. — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 6 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for taut
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  • Lee said that under tight budgets and schedules, those scenes would normally have had to be dropped.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • But Cook also warned on that call that tight supply would weigh on iPhone, Mac, and iPad sales in the months ahead.
    — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
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“Taut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taut. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

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