tightness
Example Sentences
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Rising insurance costs and tightness in the supply of vessels means it’s not just wet freight costs that are booming.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
"IEA members also supported the prioritisation of the release of diesel stocks, to the extent possible, given the current tightness in diesel markets," Birol said in his statement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The firm expects freight-market tightness to persist and sees the reopening of Hormuz as a gradual and uneven process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Their British approach to R&B prized tightness, clarity, and buoyant precision over the loose, improvisational grit often associated with American soul.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Others might not notice, but he’d worked with her long enough to recognize the weariness in her eyes, the tightness in her shoulders under the straps of her armor.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
