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Recent Examples of loophole
Look how flawlessly that 50-day has served as support all summer long — even when the de minimis loophole for tariff-free Chinese goods was closed and every ecommerce stock sold off on the news — the 50-day managed to hold.
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Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
The court took issue with some of those new protections, but not closing any loophole.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
There’s a loophole, however, on using them on federal land, on which McPherson Square sits.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
However, there’s a loophole since the Vulcans have made contact with the Tezaarians in the past, before the Federation or the Prime Directive was established, allowing for potential violations.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
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Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
The court took issue with some of those new protections, but not closing any loophole.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
There’s a loophole, however, on using them on federal land, on which McPherson Square sits.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
However, there’s a loophole since the Vulcans have made contact with the Tezaarians in the past, before the Federation or the Prime Directive was established, allowing for potential violations.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loophole
Noun
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Key prevention strategies include sealing cracks and crevices in walls, roofs, and around windows and doors.—
Matthew Binnicker,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The females wait folded within crevices in bark.—
Rosanna Warren,
The Atlantic,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Edge filtering further enhances protection by limiting the volume of regulated data that crosses networks, reducing the impact of potential breaches.—
Nagesh Nama,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Wyden said his office’s investigation into the Ascension breach found that the ransomware attackers’ initial entry into the health giant’s network was the infection of a contractor’s laptop after using Microsoft Edge to search Microsoft’s Bing site.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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London — The Duke of Sussex reunited with his father, King Charles III, for their first face-to-face meeting in 19 months on Wednesday, triggering speculation the royal family’s long-running rift might soon come to an end.—
Max Foster,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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This snowballing controversy over seemingly simple pieces of paper launched endless online arguments, dominated the news cycle, and gradually began to serve as a microcosm of the fathomless ideological rift among Americans, many of whom view the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a zero sum game.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The frock featured a soft, angular neckline along with a thigh-high slit and large bow.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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The slit lamp is a specialized microscope with a bright light that creates a thin, intense beam to illuminate the eye.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
10 Sep. 2025
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Wyatt exited and then returned to the project amid creative fissures, including wrangling over the movie’s tone, pacing, and length.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Trump is facing a catch-22 in the face of growing fissures at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and mounting departures of scientists and experts over vaccine policy.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Included among these cuts would be a 19% slash to the CDC budget.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To avoid this scenario, Makadia's team plotted the best spots on an asteroid's surface to avoid the keyhole.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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But the big keyhole was plain, oiled, in use.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
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His election meant that Minnesota’s State House would have an even split of Democrats and Republicans, with each party holding 67 seats.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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At still higher temperatures and earlier times, the energy of any radiation present (as well as neutrinos and antineutrinos) would have been sufficient to cause protons and neutrons to interconvert, leading to a 50/50 split between protons and neutrons.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Loophole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loophole. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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