loopholes

plural of loophole

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for loopholes
Noun
  • Remove the cushions and vacuum both sides and the crevices where the back and sides join.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Pests can make their way into these small crevices easily, so keeping your appliances clean and free of food will prevent bugs from feasting in your kitchen.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Israel's devastating attack on Gaza, which has killed more than 62,000 Palestinians, including over 18,000 children, is exposing deep ideological fissures on the American Right.
    Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Vegetation also can conceal deep fissures and cracks.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The piping adds an athletic flair to the mock-neck sweater and sweatpant set, and small slits on the front of the hems add extra interest.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Desmond Castle stands watch beyond the village park—its stone battlements and arrow slits recalling Norman skirmishes and feudal lords.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Ultimately, the writers, directors, crew, and cast push the plot to a point where monsters and humans are playing a deadly game of hide-and-seek in places with lots of nooks and crannies.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Decorating the nooks and crannies, ceramic plates and vases are custom creations from the nearby town of Grottaglie.
    Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Through tears, the father of slain Nasir Delaney-Rowland shared a statement in court that his son was one of a kind.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • There were toasts, happy tears and everyone is thrilled for them.
    Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Later level and Ankou rifts (secret battle stages) require adept knowledge of the game’s overlapping combat systems.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Establishing ground rules ahead of time can hopefully help avoid hurt feelings, which can grow into deeper rifts over time and have negative effects on children and potentially rob them of a fruitful relationship with their grandparents.
    Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The class actions also accuse Allianz of not sufficiently monitoring its systems to prevent data breaches and failing to have a strong data security plan.
    Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • All three have been either punished for domestic PSR breaches or remain subject to charges.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But after the break, the Americans started to find some chinks in the English armour.
    Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Loopholes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loopholes. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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