In a post-election test, applying a tighter definition produced a more correct result.

"There is a tight definition of celiac disease, but gluten intolerance has been a moving target."

Officials said that the administration's proposal would offer a tight definition of terrorism damage covered by government money and would not be a permanent program.

Neither phrase has a tight definition, but I myself like the combination.

He was obviously working to get a tighter definition out of me.

Marketers concluded that the more the market conformed to the tight definition of mass, the more money they would make.

Many commentators and reports have consciously avoided trying to introduce a tight definition for fear of causing more problems than they solve.

Not all the music fits a tight definition of the term sacred, with its connotations of spiritual practice and purpose.

I feel that a narrower, tighter definition, such as we are proposing today, is the right way forward.

We also want a tighter definition of the Commission's monitoring activity.