tighten

Example Sentences

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The rate tightening partly reflects an effort to curb payments for diagnoses that are identified on paper but not actively treated.

From The Wall Street Journal

Soda and snack companies from PepsiCo to Mondelez have already been grappling with increasing government scrutiny over American diets, and shoppers tightening their grocery spending.

From The Wall Street Journal

The inflation figures follow news last week that the job market tightened sharply in December as consumer spending and business investment drove a broad economic upswing.

From The Wall Street Journal

And when the private insurance market tightens in enough places, insurance becomes a communal problem.

From Barron's

Part of me worries it’s going to buckle underneath her—not because of her, but because one of the chair legs looks like it could use a good tightening.

From Literature