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Recent Examples of tauten
From 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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tauten
Verb
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By pooling liquidity across the two systems, DeXRP aims to reduce slippage, tighten spreads, and deliver an execution experience closer to what institutions demand.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Some have suggested that the answer lies not in tightening ethics rules but in raising congressional pay.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Seemingly immediately, your heart will begin racing and your muscles will start tensing.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Sport mode is where things get serious, tensing the car’s muscles and unleashing the entire prairie of horses.—
Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Tauten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tauten. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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