tight-knit
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Their family photos, kids’ artwork and stuffed animals, their vinyl collections and cars, their tight-knit neighborhoods, their forever homes.
From Los Angeles Times
Chau and his tight-knit group of traders became known for a signature strategy that, experts said, made their positions stand out in the market.
From MarketWatch
Witkoff said he has his own, tight-knit team within the government: “We develop a thesis on how to be successful,” he said.
Their investigation — which has caught the attention of the soon-to-expand museum, not to mention the city’s tight-knit cultural community — began with a secret.
From Los Angeles Times
The disappearance had shocked the tight-knit community in Banknock, the former mining village on the banks of the Forth-Clyde canal near to where Cole lived.
From BBC
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