loosens

present tense third-person singular of loosen
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as in relaxes
to make less taut the lead climber loosened the climbing rope so that the other climber could have more room to maneuver

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Recent Examples of loosens In such a scenario, reminiscent of the ‘70s, if the Fed loosens policy prematurely, inflation could spike, leading to the painful corrective measures seen under Powell’s predecessor Paul Volcker, who hiked rates aggressively and weathered severe, double-dip recessions. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025 Play loosens the grip of judgment. Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025 Director Alejo Moguillansky retains much of Fin de Partie’schoreography and structure, then carefully loosens it with comic acts of repetition and musical scoring. Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025 The reasoning is that adding organic matter to any soil, especially clay soil, enhances the pore structure and loosens the soil. Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loosens
Verb
  • Also, closing your mouth a bit relaxes your jaw muscles and gives you more space back there.
    Elizabeth Cohen, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
  • But the new guidance relaxes those limits.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Letting go of the urge to justify decisions frees up time, sharpens focus and models decisiveness.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Advocates say Guard support frees federal agents to focus on core enforcement tasks.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Those words, though, are likely a reference to a sequence of moves on a controller that unleashes a powerful bomb and accompanying phrase in a third-person shooter video game called Helldivers 2.
    Richard Hall, Time, 13 Sep. 2025
  • In Edgar Wright’s The Running Man, a remake of the 1987 Stephen King adaptation led by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Powell unleashes more than just impressive action skills and stunt work; as trailers have shown, audiences have never seen the guy quite so pissed off before.
    Jack Smart, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The heat will stick around, with low to mid-90s expected Sunday and into early next week before the worst of it finally eases.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Slack in the jobs market eases some of the Fed's concerns about fueling inflation with a rate cut.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Prize is technically a financial award, not a grant, which liberates recipients to dream, pause, pivot, or scale on their own terms.
    Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This liberates the show from the crime-investigation-arrest plot arc typical of this genre without robbing it of suspense.
    Judy Berman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Of course, that might change if Google releases Project Mariner for the masses.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Its online map displays readouts from people’s at-home sensors, better reflecting if a nearby traffic jam or mail truck is spiking fumes, a neighbor starts burning trash, or a local factory releases a smoke plume.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That option also unlocks an OLED 4K+ (3,840-by-2,400-pixel) 60Hz display at an extra $100.
    Mark Coppock, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This approach unlocks global opportunities and a better life.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Loosens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loosens. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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