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Recent Examples of loops
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The dressy bottoms have belt loops, side and back pockets, and an elastic waistband.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
There also will be short-term closures of the ramps and loops from westbound and eastbound state Highway 36 to northbound Snelling Avenue during the weekend.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 28 May 2026
There were the arrests of tearful and screaming immigrants, captured on video and played on endless loops across social media.
—ABC News, 28 May 2026
The regions exclusive to handwriting include motor planning, kinesthetic feedback loops and deeper sensory processing circuits — the parts of the brain involved in complex coordination and learning.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
In Akira Ikezoe’s paintings, on view in the Whitney Biennial, artistic, social, ecological, and energy systems enmesh in circular loops that appear schematic, like a Fordist assembly line.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
From the back, the shoe’s slim ankle strap loops through a keeper and fastens with matching gold-tone hardware, while the glossy black footbed keeps the sandal in one continuous finish from the square toe to the heel.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 24 May 2026
Around the same time, Möbius began introducing some of the field’s key ideas, such as how to classify shapes with varying numbers of holes by looking at how loops can be drawn on them.
—Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 20 May 2026
Noun
Build continuous learning loops with real-world data capture, human labeling and rapid retraining so robots improve from long-tail failures, not just average cases.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The dressy bottoms have belt loops, side and back pockets, and an elastic waistband.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
There also will be short-term closures of the ramps and loops from westbound and eastbound state Highway 36 to northbound Snelling Avenue during the weekend.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 28 May 2026
There were the arrests of tearful and screaming immigrants, captured on video and played on endless loops across social media.
—ABC News, 28 May 2026
The regions exclusive to handwriting include motor planning, kinesthetic feedback loops and deeper sensory processing circuits — the parts of the brain involved in complex coordination and learning.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
In Akira Ikezoe’s paintings, on view in the Whitney Biennial, artistic, social, ecological, and energy systems enmesh in circular loops that appear schematic, like a Fordist assembly line.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
From the back, the shoe’s slim ankle strap loops through a keeper and fastens with matching gold-tone hardware, while the glossy black footbed keeps the sandal in one continuous finish from the square toe to the heel.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 24 May 2026
Around the same time, Möbius began introducing some of the field’s key ideas, such as how to classify shapes with varying numbers of holes by looking at how loops can be drawn on them.
—Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loops
Noun
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These hoops are flexible, arched supports that stake into the ground; the cloth is draped over the hoops as needed to shield plants from the hot sun.—
Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
30 May 2026
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The two Jayhawks newcomers, who were interviewed by reporter Krysten Peek on Wednesday at training camp, will have to settle for just a week of hoops together.—
Gary Bedore
May 29,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2026
Verb
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Before too long, however, the romantic spell Nikki is under turns into possessive, obsessive and eventually, deadly behavior, which quickly spirals out of control.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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The series follows an upstanding family man who spirals into a life of crime after killing someone in a bicycle accident, driven by the noble but futile goal of never hurting anyone ever again.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
17 May 2026
Noun
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Isis Petrie Williams, president of Haddon Township Pride, said that the 2,000 to 3,000 people in the parade will include local high school marching bands, youth sports teams and many people passing out candy.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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This summer, Cardoso says the venue is also leaning back into the live music energy that helped define its early years, bringing more bands back into the mix alongside its signature DJs and nightlife programming.—
Amber Love Bond,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Verb
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When startled, the snake coils its body into a figure-eight shape or raises its tail to mimic another head and confuse predators.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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Dry all surfaces completely and replace knobs, drip pans, and coils back on the stove.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
14 Nov. 2025
Noun
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While such rings have been used to determine the presence of exoplanets around stars, this new research suggests a way to use those grooves to actually assess the characteristics of exoplanets, too.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
1 June 2026
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From the 1950s through the 1970s, computers stored data in ceramic rings called cores.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
1 June 2026
Verb
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The issue circles back to the gigantic investment needed to mine that rich lode when the top names in tech are digging as well.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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But even that comic tension threatens to rip as the painfully thin story repeatedly circles the same disputes without deepening them.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Then Spanish-Georgian lightweight champion Ilia Topuria takes on interim champ Justin Gaethje, one of just two Americans who currently hold even a share of the UFC’s 11 championship belts.—
Will Weissert,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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Then Spanish-Georgian lightweight champion Ilia Topuria takes on interim champ Justin Gaethje, one of just two Americans who currently hold even a share of the UFC’s 11 championship belts.—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Bloomberg’s calculations of the co-founders’ stakes rely on Pitchbook data and reporting about Anthropic’s previous funding rounds, and are adjusted to account for typical equity grants to nonfounding employees based on data from Carta.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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During the search, police said investigators allegedly seized 30 grams worth of fentanyl pills, 12 grams of crack cocaine, several digital scales, a BB gun, and two 9mm rounds of ammunition.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
29 May 2026
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“Loops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loops. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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