What does tightening mean?

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tight·en·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tighteningnoun

    the act of making something tighter

    "the tightening of economic controls"

Wiktionary

  1. tighteningnoun

    The act or process of making more tight.

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  1. tightening

    Tightening is the act or process of making something more fixed or secure by reducing slack or applying pressure to it. This may involve fastening something or increasing tension or pressure. This can refer to various contexts including mechanics (tightening screws), finance (tightening policies), or even health (tightening muscles).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tightening

    of Tighten

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tightening in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tightening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of tightening in a Sentence

  1. Eugen Weinberg:

    The market is expecting the tightening in the second half of the year, we argue this dynamic is hardly fundamentally sound.

  2. Junichi Ishikawa:

    Pressure to unwind dollar long positions is mounting and focus is on how long this trend will continue. 'China risk' has dampened hopes for a September rate hike and upcoming data could further chip away at expectations for a Fed tightening.

  3. Geoffrey Ma:

    We're worried that they are losing patience, and will find ways of tightening the screws, we know from our interactions with senior mainland judges that they just don't get Hong Kong at all.

  4. Stephen Chiu:

    We think it is going to be a very close call (for the Fed), communicating the future path of interest rates is very important and the Fed would be careful not to signal any excessive tightening given global markets are still very vulnerable.

  5. Phil Lachowycz:

    It is part and parcel of the tightening.

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