Synonyms for tightened
tight·ened

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1. List of paraphrases for "tightened":

   torqued, strengthened, retightened, toughened, tightening, hardened, reinforced, tight

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1. Peter Ricketts:

   Britain is not an Eldorado for those who want to work in the black economy. We have tightened access to benefits.

2. Human Rights Watch:

   Under President Xi, the government has further tightened control over Christianity in President Xi broad efforts to' Sinicize' religion or' adopt Chinese characteristics' -- in other words, to ensure that religious groups support the government and the Chinese Communist Party, the shutdown of a Protestant church in Chengdu epitomizes the Xi Jinping government's relentless assault on religious freedom in China.

3. David Schnare:

   They’ve already started to pursue methane pollution, which the industry has been trying to control for a very long time, because that’s their product, the cost of running the drilling equipment, the pipelines and the plants themselves are being tightened.

4. Peng Chun:

   Some countries have tightened their investment oversight.

5. John Anthony Ciardi:

   A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.