loophole

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Recent Examples of loophole The bill aims to close a legal loophole and hold crowdfunding platforms accountable for funds raised for personal gain by alleged criminals. Mary Lebus, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Oct. 2025 However, according to a report from Ars Technica, creators have found a loophole in the technology that allows for the creation of videos of deceased public figures. Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 For popular artists from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, who didn’t write their own songs, that loophole is another win for labels and leaves those artists with no path to ownership. Matt Emma, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025 At the time, Swift was still in the middle of re-recording her music as a loophole to own it once more. Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for loophole
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Noun
  • Northbound and southbound lanes were closed as the response team extracted the animal from the crevice safely.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Methane has been measured escaping from crevices in the seabed at a high rate as the region warms at unprecedented rates, according to a paper published in Nature Communications.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Kelly administration has refused to comply, contending that doing so would be a privacy breach that violates state and federal law because the USDA has indicated the data could be shared with outside groups.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Data breaches have been around for years.
    Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At the center of the rift between the two groups was health care spending, with Democrats refusing to vote to keep the government funded unless Republicans agreed to reverse Medicaid cuts and extend subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Now, the bride is unsure how to navigate her family rift sparked by her child-free wedding policy.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The one-shoulder number was form-fitting with a knee-high slit up the left side.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The dress that put him on the fashion map was the white silk evening gown with a diagonal cutaway across the torso and a slit up to the hip bone, from Vaccarello’s eponymous label, that his dear friend the model Anja Rubik wore to the Met Gala in 2012.
    Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This invisible, climate-polluting gas can escape into the water through fissures in the sea floor, often revealing itself with a stream of bubbles weaving their way up to the ocean surface.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Johanon's remarks centered on the fissures in society.
    Detroit Free Press staff, Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching).
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The gallery Robilant+Voena, which specializes in Old Masters and post-War Italian art, sold three works by Lucio Fontana, two of which contain the artist’s signature slashes.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Using that precise orbital data, Makadia's team simulated spacecraft impacts under a variety of conditions and projected Bennu's potential keyhole encounters, creating detailed impact-probability maps.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The Schiaparelli collection included derby boots with corset lacing, pointed-toe pumps and keyhole pumps.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For any buyer that just wants WBD's studio and streaming assets, acquiring them after a split later this year is better for tax purposes.
    Sara Salinas,Luke Fountain,Alex Sherman, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Today’s statement from WBD revealed a nuance in terms of the split.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025

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