This hallway keeps narrowing as I go farther and farther in.
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Narrowing
Synonyms for "narrowing" (137 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Noun(7 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (41)
Noun(14 words)
constrictingconstrictionconstrictionscontractcontractioncurtailfocusfocus restrictionfocussingfunnelinglimitlimitationlimiting adjectivelimitings
constrictionconstringencycontractioncontracturecrampingcurtailmentdebarmentdebarringdecreasedemarcationdiminuendodisentanglementdisinvolvementdistillationembargoexceptionexclusionhourglasshourglass figureinadmissibility
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Adjective(2 words)
constrictivegerman restriktion
Related words (68)
lockoutnarrow placenecknonadmissionomissionpreclusionprohibitionpuckeringpurificationpursingreductionrefinementrejectionrelegationrepudiationrestrictingrestrictionrestrictiveshorteningsimplification
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Noun(26 words)
more restrictivenarrownarroweroption reductionqualifying adjectivereducingreductionrefinerestrictrestrictingrestrictionscope limitationscope restrictionsharpenshrinkshrinkingspecializationsspecializingstenosisstraitening
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Verb(1 words)
redirect focus
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21 entrieschange of shapeconfigurationconformationcontourdecision makingdecreasedecrementdescriptorformmeasurement propertyprocesspropertyqualifierreductionresearch planningrestrict
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30 entriesairway narrowingarterial stenosischannel contractionchoice reductionconceptual narrowingconfidence intervalconstrictingcredible intervalcriteria tighteningdomain narrowingfilteringfocus restrictiongoal narrowinginterval shorteningissue scopinglexical narrowing
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Collocations
15 entriesarterial narrowinglumen narrowingnarrowing channelnarrowing criterianarrowing focusnarrowing gapnarrowing intervalnarrowing of scopenarrowing rangenarrowing scopenarrowing searchnarrowing windowoption reductionscope narrowingsemantic narrowing
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
7 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
10 total sentences available.
That gap is narrowing.
Source: tatoeba (5748207)
“Dark energy makes up the majority of the cosmos, but we don’t actually know what it is,” said Jason Rhodes, a senior research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “By narrowing down possible explanations, Roman could revolutionize our understanding of the universe – and dark energy is just one of the many topics the mission will explore!”
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Both groups were then exposed to dust mites, a leading cause of asthma, a condition marked by lung inflammation, narrowing of the airways and wheezing.
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