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tightknit

British  
/ ˌtaɪtˈnɪt /

adjective

  1. closely integrated

    a tightknit community

  2. organized carefully and concisely

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When protests broke out to oust the Shah, she showed up for her community, a tightknit cluster of graduate students who were frustrated by his extravagance and tyranny.

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Borchgrevink said Epstein seemed to have proven adept at making connections in Norway, a country of 5.6 million where trust within a tightknit community opened lots of doors and whose role as a diplomatic player provided a web of global contacts.

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With $2.6 billion in assets under management, HoldCo is a bank-focused fund whose brazen approach has clashed with many in the tightknit industry.

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Some treasured the tightknit work environment, as well as Fibrebond’s perks.

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So to an extent, the market could be self-correcting on the same premise now, given all the focus that’s come on the tightknit AI economy.

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