tighten
Example Sentences
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The regime was battered by the 12-day June war and a tightening of sanctions on its oil exports last fall.
But Iran is likely to have since tightened up security and dispersed.
From BBC
The rate tightening partly reflects an effort to curb payments for diagnoses that are identified on paper but not actively treated.
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.
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.
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