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Recent Examples of tighten
Ward 4 race tightens The race for the open Ward 4 seat on the city council has already tightened, even though the filing period doesn’t open until later this month.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 May 2025
But in March 2022, Sen. Chuck Grassley was the architect of legislation to tighten the integrity of the EB-5.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 6 May 2025
Consumers may also start to tighten their belts, just in case.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 5 May 2025
Such waste could be reduced if rich countries tightened their regulations on tax havens and offshore financial centers and if the 138 signatories of the global tax treaty—an agreement reached in 2023 that sets a minimum rate of tax for large corporations—accelerated its implementation.
—Zainab Usman, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2025
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 May 2025
But in March 2022, Sen. Chuck Grassley was the architect of legislation to tighten the integrity of the EB-5.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 6 May 2025
Consumers may also start to tighten their belts, just in case.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 5 May 2025
Such waste could be reduced if rich countries tightened their regulations on tax havens and offshore financial centers and if the 138 signatories of the global tax treaty—an agreement reached in 2023 that sets a minimum rate of tax for large corporations—accelerated its implementation.
—Zainab Usman, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tighten
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Progressive relaxation: This relaxation practice involves tensing and relaxing each body part, usually working your way up from your feet to your face.—
Sanja Jelic,
Verywell Health,
6 May 2025
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Progressive Muscle Relaxation Progressive muscle relaxation involves slowly tensing and then relaxing different muscle groups in the body, one at a time.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
27 Apr. 2025
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Horses line up at a 65-foot starting gate that stretches across the track.—
Javier Zarracina,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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As the demonstrations stretched across the summer and fall, students took action too.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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“Tighten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tighten. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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