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as in lasciviousness
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Recent Examples of looseness
Inherent Vice’s looseness and laughter, its refusal of grandeur is strategic.
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Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
Idris plays the hungry newcomer without overdoing it, and Pitt brings a looseness that works for a driver stepping back into chaos.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Dec. 2025
There’s a looseness to the album.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Beckert treats the state with the same schematic looseness.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Davis doubled down on the risk of hiring non-professional actors by not writing a traditional script, instead letting his unique talent improvise much of their dialogue, the looseness of which drew on Davis’ experience in the documentary world.
—William Earl, Variety, 22 Nov. 2025
The surgery helps address the looseness skin can develop over time, as well as eye bags, Anthony Brissett, MD, a facial plastic surgeon at Houston Methodist and president of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, tells SELF.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 14 Nov. 2025
More importantly, this origin story of a movie and a movement apes the joie de moviemaking and the jazzy looseness of the original to an absolutely amazing degree, replicating an off-the-cuff feeling that’s more than a second-hand buzz.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
The silhouette featured an almond toe and stacked block heel, while the shaft made a unique statement with cinching at the ankle, a general looseness up the leg and then a lace threaded through the circumference about three-quarters of the way up, knotted in a bow as a dainty embellishment.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
Idris plays the hungry newcomer without overdoing it, and Pitt brings a looseness that works for a driver stepping back into chaos.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Dec. 2025
There’s a looseness to the album.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Beckert treats the state with the same schematic looseness.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Davis doubled down on the risk of hiring non-professional actors by not writing a traditional script, instead letting his unique talent improvise much of their dialogue, the looseness of which drew on Davis’ experience in the documentary world.
—William Earl, Variety, 22 Nov. 2025
The surgery helps address the looseness skin can develop over time, as well as eye bags, Anthony Brissett, MD, a facial plastic surgeon at Houston Methodist and president of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, tells SELF.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 14 Nov. 2025
More importantly, this origin story of a movie and a movement apes the joie de moviemaking and the jazzy looseness of the original to an absolutely amazing degree, replicating an off-the-cuff feeling that’s more than a second-hand buzz.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
The silhouette featured an almond toe and stacked block heel, while the shaft made a unique statement with cinching at the ankle, a general looseness up the leg and then a lace threaded through the circumference about three-quarters of the way up, knotted in a bow as a dainty embellishment.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looseness
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Marie is disciplined and principled, while her rebellious daughter prides herself on breaking the rules and reveling in lasciviousness.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Starring a blend of niacinamide, vitamin C, collagen peptide, vitamin E, and AHAs, this multitasking, Best of Beauty-winning serum treats laxity, dullness, uneven tone, rough texture, and fine lines.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
31 Oct. 2025
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Key Ingredients: Alfalfa extract, peptides, peppermint extract Best For: Skin laxity, uneven texture, fine lines, sun damage Size: 1.7 fl.—
Emily Orofino,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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Claud has two convictions for indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 years of age and one conviction for open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
16 Aug. 2025
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Those who place responsibility on individuals and employers saw the ACA as perversion of the government’s purpose.—
Robert Applebaum,
The Conversation,
19 Dec. 2025
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There’s the younger wife who falls in love with the woman her husband hires for a threesome, then walks off 10 minutes later with a $210m settlement once Nash acquires video evidence of his extensive perversions.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Grace’s playfully feral wantonness is funny and bewitching, but her schtick loses its luster for Jackson, who takes a job that keeps him away from home, leaving her with the baby.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This uncertainty, called mass–distance degeneracy, meant that earlier detections could not rule out heavier objects such as brown dwarfs.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Jan. 2026
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Crucially, white dwarfs support themselves against collapse through something called electron degeneracy pressure, in which a huge sea of free-floating electrons resists collapse because, according to quantum mechanics, electrons can never share the same state.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
24 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Central City is asking a judge to put an end to acts of public indecency at a strip club along its historic Main Street, the latest move in a yearslong debate between it and the club’s owner.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
8 Jan. 2026
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In an important essay, Andrew Sullivan noted this past fall that Trump’s indecency is comprehensive in style and substance.—
Jeffrey Goldberg,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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In that corner of the market, the debasement trade endured — less as a sweeping judgment on fiat, more as a focused bet on rates, policy and protection.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
29 Dec. 2025
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Investor demand has also been underpinned by debasement trade, as concerns over swelling debt loads drive a retreat from sovereign bonds and the currencies they are issued in.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Dec. 2025
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“Looseness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looseness. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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