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Recent Examples of tautenFrom that queasiness comes bristly tension, tautening and deepening what otherwise seems a low-key, low-stakes character study, and eventually a sweet, conciliatory sliver of hope too.—Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Feb. 2023 Pimples pop, pupils dilate, tendons tauten, and breathing gets so shallow that people fall into respiratory acidosis.—John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2022 Those systems use hydraulics or electromagnetic fluids to soften or tauten the ride.—Jack Stewart, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2018 BMW’s adaptive dampers stifle road imperfections and tauten the 5 Series for hard cornering.—Miles Branman, Orange County Register, 26 Feb. 2017
As budgets tighten, vibe coding becomes not just a productivity enhancer but a strategic enabler.
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Paul Kovalenko,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
The announcement also included a safety reminder that urged companies to tighten cybersecurity practices when handling Chinese citizens’ personal data.
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