tighten
Example Sentences
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Los Angeles recently tightened rent controls for the first time in four decades.
The positive data likely reinforces the Bank of Japan’s confidence in the domestic recovery despite a volatile global climate, keeping the door open for the central bank to tighten monetary conditions further.
However, Beijing has moved to tighten safety rules after a high-profile crash last March.
From Barron's
“It isn’t purely defensive because recession risk is not materially higher; the macro risk is financial conditions tightening and growth slowing, not recession.”
From Barron's
The EBU announced it was tightening the competition's voting rules to limit the influence of governments on the results.
From BBC
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