The act of making something tighter.
1 Actions shall include improving energy efficiency, enforcing legislation and tightening control policies.
2 However, Broadbent said that tightening was not something that would come soon.
3 What further impact could tightening sanctions against North Korea hope to achieve?
4 The central bank asked commercial banks on Sunday to start tightening security.
5 Every major market around the world is tightening fuel standards, Scheps said.
6 However, some now think its tightening cycle is coming to an end.
7 Banks are tightening credit risk controls to prevent defaults from climbing further.
8 But many national polls have found the race tightening in recent days.
9 Mr Obama has also signed an order tightening US sanctions on Syria.
10 Therefore, an overall structural tightening mechanism is not supported by the data.
11 During April, spread tightening led to an improvement of 700 million euros.
12 The cost rise is apparently down to a tightening of building regulations.
13 The main reason for the tightening budgetary arithmetic is slower economic growth.
14 As Kline asked the question, Gurney felt a tightening in his chest.
15 The country trailed several of its neighbors in tightening its land borders.
16 A CNN poll showed Obama's lead tightening in Ohio to 4 points.
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Tightening в диалектах
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