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Recent Examples of laxity
Trying to undo a Brazilian butt lift (or BBL) by sucking it out of the body carries the risk for nerve damage, asymmetry, and skin laxity.
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Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
Yet what scans as authorial laxity here is elsewhere integral to the novel’s charm.
—Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
Throughout the year, her focus is on strengthening the skin barrier, balancing, and treating specific concerns like pigmentation, acne, or laxity through a combination of clinical treatments and precise at-home routines.
—Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Typically, patients with less skin laxity, ages 30 or younger, are recommended for two Xerf treatments per year, each three to four months apart.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026
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Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
Yet what scans as authorial laxity here is elsewhere integral to the novel’s charm.
—Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
Throughout the year, her focus is on strengthening the skin barrier, balancing, and treating specific concerns like pigmentation, acne, or laxity through a combination of clinical treatments and precise at-home routines.
—Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Typically, patients with less skin laxity, ages 30 or younger, are recommended for two Xerf treatments per year, each three to four months apart.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laxity
Noun
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Also, of course, there was always the danger of damage in transit, of human carelessness.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Someone gets hurt, the cause points toward another person’s carelessness, and suddenly, the situation becomes legal instead of just painful.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Her works reflect the balance between control and looseness indicating her thoughtfulness yet experimental nature, grounded in craftsmanship but open to play.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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Everyone seemed happy to lean into that looseness, which created an above-average show this week.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
8 Mar. 2026
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As for inventions, accident and inadvertence played a role in the development of Post-it Notes and microwave heating.—
Amanda Foreman,
WSJ,
4 May 2018
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The history of the game proceeded through intelligence, but also through inadvertence.—
JAY CASPIAN KANG,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2017
Noun
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Again, what is lost is inadvertency and the element of surprise — the sense that the power of the image is independent of the photographer’s plans.—
TEJU COLE,
New York Times,
18 Oct. 2016
Noun
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The heedlessness of the children has touched her mood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Laxity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laxity. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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