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• v  make or become more narrow or restricted
  The selection was narrowed
  The road narrowed
• v  define clearly
• v  become more focus on an area of activity or field of study
• v  become tight or as if tight
• s  reduced in size as by squeezing together
  his narrowed eyes
• s  made narrow; limited in breadth
  narrowed arteries impair blood circulation
  a narrowed view of the world

• In Pennsylvania, where Obama had a 12-point lead in the Real Clear Politics poll average as recently as June, the Republican senator has narrowed the gap to within one point of the .
• The second survey this month from Rasmussen of the New Jersey gubernatorial race shows that Chris Christie's (R) lead has narrowed slightly, reflecting a wave of unfavorable .
• Cassidy and the Kid were two gen-u-wine outlaws whose future narrowed along with the Frontier.

• narrow
• contract
• pin down
• peg down
• nail down
• narrow down
• specify
• specialize
• specialise
• constrict
• constringe

• widen
• diversify

News & Articles

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• SVAA executive director candidates narrowed to 5
  The Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority Tuesday narrowed the list of candidates for its vacant executive director position to five and three of the finalists are from Volusia County.
  June 18, 2013 - Daytona Beach News-Journal
• Eastbound lane of East Brainerd Road being narrowed Wednesday
  Chattanooga has announced that the eastbound lane of East Brainerd Road at Concord Road will be narrowed down to one lane on Wednesday between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
  June 18, 2013 - Chattanooga Times Free Press
• Chattanoogan.com - Chattanooga's source for breaking local news
  The eastbound lane of East Brainerd Road at Concord Road will be narrowed down to one lane for utility work on Wednesday, between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
  June 18, 2013 - The Chattanoogan

Quotes

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• Daniel in Jerusalem Post
  We feel already in the little over a month that these talks have been going on, the gaps have narrowed, and we believe there are opportunities to further narrow those gaps to allow the sides to take that next step to the direct talks,said Dan...
• Alex Vieux in MarketWatch (press release)
  Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat,said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. "After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from...
• Levi Leipheimer in USA Today
  Lance was involved in a huge crash as the road narrowed and became very rough,Leipheimer wrote. "He wasn't far from the front, as he was riding top 10 all day."