tightknit
Britishadjective
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closely integrated
a tightknit community
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organized carefully and concisely
Example Sentences
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He grew up in New York City and New Jersey, in a large, tightknit Jewish family with 52 first cousins.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
With $2.6 billion in assets under management, HoldCo is a bank-focused fund whose brazen approach has clashed with many in the tightknit industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
So to an extent, the market could be self-correcting on the same premise now, given all the focus that’s come on the tightknit AI economy.
From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025
Residents in Johns Creek, Ga., can live the good life with all the big-city perks that come with being close to a major metro and the tightknit community lifestyle a smaller city affords.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 29, 2025
Valadez invited him to visit her office off the shore of Clear Lake, to her tightknit community where the security guard at the courthouse next door calls entrants “kiddo.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024
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