tighten
Example Sentences
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The RBA raised interest rates in February and March but said the policy tightening wasn’t due to global supply shocks.
"Their internal operation said kids are worth $270 lifetime value," she whispered, her throat tightening.
From Barron's
“Ongoing tensions continue to support higher prices, stoke inflation concerns, and reinforce expectations that policymakers may delay easing, or even tighten, monetary policy.”
From Barron's
The investment bank’s macro team sees tightening fiscal policy and a global energy shock as threats to economic growth.
When older adults activated one muscle to stabilize themselves, the opposing muscle often tightened at the same time.
From Science Daily
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