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as in thick
not allowing penetration (as by gas, liquid, or light) the lid forms a tight seal with the canister that will keep the spices fresh

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as in narrow
showing little difference in the standing of the competitors a tight race for governor

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Recent Examples of tight The 10-member group has been tasked with providing recommendations to the council on ways to relieve the city’s tight housing market. Grace Hurt, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025 But there are also plenty of tight binary systems, where the stars orbit each other at a radius that would place them both comfortably inside our Solar System. John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025 Autonomous vehicle technology has been hard to commercialize, with tight regulations and heavy investments forcing many companies to give up. Akash Sriram, USA Today, 22 May 2025 And don’t even think about trying to change clothes in a tight plane bathroom. Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for tight
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  • At the opposite end of the court, a thick layer of melancholy was present.
    Kelly Iko, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • Starting with the build, the Swift Edge 14 AI measures just 0.65 inch thick and weighs 2.18 pounds.
    Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 16 May 2025
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  • Among the close friends and family celebrating were Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban.
    Rachel Flynn, People.com, 24 May 2025
  • After the close, discount retailer Miniso Group (9896 HK, MSO US) missed Q1 estimates while online travel agency Tongcheng (780 HK) beat analyst expectations for Q1.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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  • The 124th Running of The Dinner Party Stakes A crowded field turned toward the final stretch of the 1 1/8-mile turf run, the last race before the evening’s main event, before Fort Washington pulled away with Cash Equity surging.
    Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025
  • These animals were housed in crowded stables, transported in train cars across the country and shipped overseas.
    John Drake, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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  • The Horned Frogs gave up two late runs in a narrow 2-1 loss to Arizona in the championship game of the Big 12 Tournament on Saturday night at Globe Life Field.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 May 2025
  • The Formula 1 season moves to its most iconic venue this weekend, with the eighth round of the championship taking place around the narrow streets of Monaco.
    Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
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  • Almost 60 years later, with these two worlds living side by side, Creede is a taut microcosm of current national divisions.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
  • Who would tap a director unproven on a feature level to direct a taut action thriller movie with a $150 million budget?
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 13 May 2025
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  • Some of this uncertainty is coming from familiar sources, and some from new developments.
    Amanda Tickel, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • Poison ivy is a familiar example, but other dangerous plants include pokeweed, poison hemlock, giant hogweed and stinging nettle.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
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  • Heat domes – large areas of high pressure that park over an area for days – prevent wet or windy weather from happening underneath them and instead force active weather to move along their northern periphery.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
  • Sleeping with wet hair also can lead to scalp issues like fungal overgrowth and scalp irritation.7 Damp conditions create an environment where yeast or bacteria can thrive, leading to sensitivity or even flaking.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 14 May 2025
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  • The spongy material is mostly made of air, yet nearly impermeable to both air and liquid.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
  • Given the area’s especially hard, impermeable soil and the high cost of installing private wastewater systems, many residents have resorted to straight piping to deal with human wastewater.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 1 May 2025

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“Tight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tight. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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