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After the housing bubble burst, bankers and government officials tightened down on qualification for mortgages, but tighter credit led to limited supply, which didn’t match a new generation’s housing desires, the study found.
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Check buttons and zippers regularly and tighten loose threads.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025
Still, there is the potential that Trump's tariff plans could further fan inflation fears that pressure bond and stock prices, while efforts to tighten immigration controls could also reverberate through those markets.
—Suzanne McGee and Lewis Krauskopf, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
The body accomplishes this by tightening the blood vessels (vasoconstriction), moving platelets to the injury site (platelet aggregation), and forming fibrin—a protein that helps blood clot.
—Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 17 Jan. 2025
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Check buttons and zippers regularly and tighten loose threads.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025
Still, there is the potential that Trump's tariff plans could further fan inflation fears that pressure bond and stock prices, while efforts to tighten immigration controls could also reverberate through those markets.
—Suzanne McGee and Lewis Krauskopf, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
The body accomplishes this by tightening the blood vessels (vasoconstriction), moving platelets to the injury site (platelet aggregation), and forming fibrin—a protein that helps blood clot.
—Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Tighten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tighten. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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