tighter
Example Sentences
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Facing potential tighter U.S. tech restrictions, Chinese AI startups are aggressively raising capital via loans and newly relaxed Shanghai IPO rules to build up computing power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Some experts believe tighter scrutiny of traditional trafficking routes from Latin America may be one factor driving cartels to diversify their operations.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Etching chips with DUV "is slower, lower-yield and more expensive than EUV production, but it is proving sufficient for near-frontier chips, unsettling policymakers and investors who had assumed China faced tighter constraints".
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
If expectations of a stronger yen cause Japanese investors to increase their dollar hedges, the basis could move further into negative territory, signaling greater hedging demand and tighter dollar-funding conditions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
She held it tighter than she’d held on to Papa’s back in the flood.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
