"tighten" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Internet Wire says it has tightened its security policies since the hoax.
- Security has been tightened throughout Japan since the attack last month.
- But one obvious response is to improve fuel economy standards, which have not been tightened since the Reagan years.
- The screws were further tightened in mid-1996, and since, consistently.
- Security at the Byron plant has been tightened considerably since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
- Security is relatively light, but appears to have been tightened since the 1989 crackdown.
- Security has been considerably tightened since September 11, 2001, such that these measures are similar to airport security.
- The airport checkpoint screening has been significantly tightened since 2001.
- Security has been tightened since the attempted kidnapping of the queen.
- But immigration rules have been tightened since the Vietnam era, making would-be migrants apply from their home countries.
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