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as in lasciviousness
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Recent Examples of looseness
In my experience, the lid looseness is simply a feeling, not an actual problem.
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Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looseness
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For example, the neck often shows the earliest signs of change in skin laxity, so using the right products, like the SkinMedica Neck Correct Cream or RoC Multi Correxion Cream, can give you visible results while supporting the integrity of menopausal skin.—
Essence,
Essence,
30 July 2025
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This further enhances the skin’s firmness and elasticity, improving the appearance of skin laxity and fine lines.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
7 July 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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With respect to gender roles, for instance, the aggressive zombies incarnate a warped and rotted form of traditional masculinity, a perversion of the warrior ideal.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
9 Aug. 2025
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Spaces that seem most interested in the permissiveness of perversion.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
25 June 2025
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Trump has been tied to Epstein, and though there is no evidence exposing the president’s participation in Epstein’s acts of degeneracy, the question remains on the minds of many Americans — Was Trump complicit?—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 July 2025
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The nihilism, or the degeneracy, is coming straight from the White House.—
Nina Bambysheva,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Stern, who is 71, first signed with Sirius in 2004 (prior to its merger with XM), in part to be free of oversight by the FCC, which had levied millions of dollars in fines on terrestrial radio stations that carried his show for alleged indecency.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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Howard is still facing four charges that stemmed from the investigation, including one count of official misconduct, making an unlawful proposition, public indecency and public nudity.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
28 Aug. 2025
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The diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, a brain disorder caused by degeneration of the brain's frontal lobe, comes nearly a year after Willis' family confirmed the movie icon, now 67, was stepping away from acting due to an aphasia diagnosis.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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And their medial knee cartilage showed less worsening, suggesting slower cartilage degeneration.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Aug. 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
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Harper is under siege by multiple manifestations of toxic masculinity—lechery, neediness, condescension, even Geoffrey’s uncomfortable banter.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2022
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Hanson parlayed his small-time criminality into a risky alliance with a powerful Mexican drug lord, intertwining his quest for wealth with the deadly world of organized crime.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
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And while many waited to be saved, the television cameras focused on the alleged looting and purported criminality of those simply trying to survive.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Looseness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looseness. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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