narrow
adjective
of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected.
has narrowed
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present perfectof narrow (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The poverty-related attainment gap has narrowed compared with both last year and 2019, the year before Covid forced schools to close.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Since then, conditions in the private-credit market have deteriorated even more, but the junk spread has narrowed rather than widened — to 2.68 percentage points from 2.80.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The CDC has narrowed down the outbreak to five states — Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Overall, the capability gap between top U.S. models and those built by Chinese companies has narrowed significantly, and use of Chinese AI systems has surged as businesses seek to rein in runaway costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Over the past weeks in Paris, in the hours between other tasks, he has narrowed a list of seven lapidaries to three, then to one: a half-Algerian named Dupont who came of age cutting opal.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
