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Recent Examples of Synonyms for looseness
Noun
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Bhutta attributes the spike in part to laxity with door-to-door vaccination campaigns.—
Ruchi Kumar,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2025 -
The latter is a mix of five peptide chains to improve laxity at different levels of the skin, leaving it with a firmer, more youthful appearance.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Remember, 2,800 men participated in this inhumane perversion.—
Wendy Murphy,
Boston Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
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Genter writes that which acts between women might constitute perversion was an open question.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The document accused Jewish people of promoting white genocide and degeneracy.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
13 Apr. 2025
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But only a cynic would assert that his decision to appoint a Presidential Working Group on Digital Assets, not to mention the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, was an attempt to justify his memecoin degeneracy.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The spokesperson did not respond to an email from the Statesman about the new indecency bill.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
14 Feb. 2025
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Less than two years later in 1977, he was convicted of indecency with a 12-year-old girl and served just over three years in prison.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA TODAY,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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These abnormal build-ups disrupt the function of brain cells, and lead to the degeneration and ultimately death of the neurons that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine, which is involved in movement, memory and motivation.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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However, researchers have found that a slow neurological degeneration occurs in the disease, partially independent of inflammation.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Vandalism and lechery are among the milder affronts that occur on Winifred’s watch, and her narration, though sombre, sparkles.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Vandalism and lechery are among the milder affronts that occur on Winifred’s watch, and her narration, though sombre, sparkles.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Police also told the site that Trachtenberg died of natural causes and that criminality was not suspected in her death.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
17 Apr. 2025
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At the time of her death, police said criminality was not suspected.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Following the dissolution of their Philadelphia math-rock band Palm in 2023, founding members and singer-guitarists Eve Alpert and Kasra Kurt took time off before forming Kassie Krut with their Nicks and Grazes producer Matt Anderegg.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2025
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Elsmore has been a court referee for the Second Judicial District, which encompasses Ramsey County, since January 2023, presiding over dissolution, custody, support, domestic abuse and harassment matters.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Looseness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looseness. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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