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tightly

  • a word derived from tight.
    tight
    adjective
    firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure.

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"The conflict and economic headwinds created uncertainty, and some large corporates and Government responded by managing their costs more tightly, reducing demand to travel," Qantas Group chief executive Vanessa Hudson said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

The reassignment is part of broader organizational changes that have the effect of making DeepMind—which Google acquired in 2014 and has functioned as a semiautonomous operation—more tightly integrated with the rest of the company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

When this genetic slinky is tightly compressed, genes are less accessible and remain switched off.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

Time and again, defenders looked downfield for a pass to hit only to see their team-mates looking back at them, unmoving and tightly marked.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

At least, it would have done if she hadn’t held me so tightly, if her voice hadn’t broken as she whispered, ‘I promise everything will be fine,’ into my hair.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler