Meanings of narrowing the gap in English

Fourth-placed centrist Francois Bayrou is showing signs of narrowing the gap.

The real could come under selling pressure if Serra starts narrowing the gap on Rousseff.

Boosted by a surge of postal votes, Dave Sharma is quickly narrowing the gap to Kerryn Phelps.

But Trenin said battlefield gains made by the Syrian rebels were narrowing the gap between Moscow and Washington.

Her grandmother and her aunt were continuing to walk, slowly narrowing the gap between them and her cousin.

Of course there will always be a gap, but strategy is about pointing the way and narrowing the gap.

The robust labor market is steadily pushing up paychecks, which is narrowing the gap between house prices and wages.

Read, 49, will be charged with narrowing the gap between AMD and top PC chipmaking rival Intel Corp INTC.O.

Overnight Apple smashed Wall Street expectations and reported record quarterly iPhone sales, narrowing the gap to Nokia's smartphone volumes.

The main focus for the self-styled progressive mayor was on income inequality and narrowing the gap between rich and poor.

Expected higher oil production from non-OPEC countries will help meet increased global petroleum consumption, narrowing the gap between supply and demand.

Cohesion funds, designed to bring EU nations closer together by narrowing the gap between rich and poor, have played their part.

The arrival of video -and threats of piracy -furthered inclinations towards narrowing the gap between limited and wide release.

In general, one must salute moma's recognition of the current trend toward narrowing the gap in prestige between serious photography and painting.

Most would agree that significant progress has been made in narrowing the gap between younger teachers and those hired prior to 2011.

Men are narrowing the gap on women when it comes to life expectancy in England and Wales, research in the Lancet indicates.