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Recent Examples of tighten
Cutting out the scalpel, these therapies work best to tighten the neck, create a sharper jawline, improve crepey skin around the eyes and create a subtle but lifted appearance that still looks natural, Shamban explains.
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Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
This also increases their acceleration, driving more gravitational-wave emission (and causing ever tightening orbits) in a positive-feedback loop.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
Since then, Cornyn’s TV blitz has defined Paxton as a diminished candidate dogged by ethics questions, a move that has tightened the contest in pre-primary polls.
—Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
Boatwright’s observations lend more evidence to a bifurcated economy, where the rich are getting richer and continuing to spend, while the poor tighten their belts and continue to pull back.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
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Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
This also increases their acceleration, driving more gravitational-wave emission (and causing ever tightening orbits) in a positive-feedback loop.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
Since then, Cornyn’s TV blitz has defined Paxton as a diminished candidate dogged by ethics questions, a move that has tightened the contest in pre-primary polls.
—Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
Boatwright’s observations lend more evidence to a bifurcated economy, where the rich are getting richer and continuing to spend, while the poor tighten their belts and continue to pull back.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tighten
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Breezily elegant in execution and at times even Hitchcockian, The Girlfriend is a delicious thriller that tenses up with each new scene and revelation.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Jan. 2026
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Keeping in the same position for a long period of time, especially if cramped or uncomfortable, can also lead to muscles tensing up and feeling tight.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
26 Dec. 2025
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Most people at the meeting, held over Microsoft Teams, expressed excitement at the potential for conservation in an area stretching from Will Rogers State Beach to Torrance, plus 200 yards inland.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Set the scene Arriving at Four Seasons Costa Palmas feels like driving toward a kasbah in Morocco—miles of stark desert stretch out on either side before the landscape suddenly opens to an oasis on the edge of the Sea of Cortez.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Tighten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tighten. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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