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Recent Examples of tightens
This is an adjustable graphics-card brace, and its screw tightens the part that clamps it to the slide.
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PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
The bill tightens those requirements, requiring proof of work or education in most instances, tightens eligibility requirements and reduces federal spending.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Alzheimer’s disease drugs Caffeine constricts blood vessels and tightens the blood-brain barrier, potentially limiting how much Alzheimer’s medication reaches the brain and reducing its therapeutic benefit.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
The election result locks in another chapter of progressive representation in Congress for southern Arizona, and tightens Republicans’ majority on Capitol Hill.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Veling also thinks once the inventory tightens, prices will either stabilize or begin another run up, depending on the supply-and-demand dynamics for each local market.
—Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
The warning comes as Washington also tightens restrictions on Chinese vehicles.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
The unimaginable blow only tightens Laura’s grasp on her son Daniel (Laurie Davidson).
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Anticipation tightens my stomach and then spreads like wildfire through me.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
The bill tightens those requirements, requiring proof of work or education in most instances, tightens eligibility requirements and reduces federal spending.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Alzheimer’s disease drugs Caffeine constricts blood vessels and tightens the blood-brain barrier, potentially limiting how much Alzheimer’s medication reaches the brain and reducing its therapeutic benefit.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
The election result locks in another chapter of progressive representation in Congress for southern Arizona, and tightens Republicans’ majority on Capitol Hill.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Veling also thinks once the inventory tightens, prices will either stabilize or begin another run up, depending on the supply-and-demand dynamics for each local market.
—Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
The warning comes as Washington also tightens restrictions on Chinese vehicles.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
The unimaginable blow only tightens Laura’s grasp on her son Daniel (Laurie Davidson).
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Anticipation tightens my stomach and then spreads like wildfire through me.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tightens
stretches
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More than a half dozen members of the Tisch family, whose fortune stretches from real estate and hospitality to energy, packaging and sports, have given to Fix the City.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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Flight delays and cancellations are surging around the country as a result of staff shortages in airports as the government shutdown stretches on, causing thousands of air traffic controllers to work without pay.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Tightens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tightens. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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