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He was wrapped in a heavy shawl sweater that hung too loosely.
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Mark Harris, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
Simply placing them loosely on your ears will result in muddy audio response, which is why H2O Audio recommends placing them under a swim cap or the straps of your goggles.
—PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
What’s Been Lost Days after the meeting in which allegations of money laundering and organized crime were loosely thrown at CRCL employees, the program in question was shut down.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 8 Apr. 2025
Most of his peers embraced music that was solidly in the canon and, by definition, had been performed by greats for centuries—loosely speaking, like using modern paints to trace over an old master.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2025
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Mark Harris, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
Simply placing them loosely on your ears will result in muddy audio response, which is why H2O Audio recommends placing them under a swim cap or the straps of your goggles.
—PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
What’s Been Lost Days after the meeting in which allegations of money laundering and organized crime were loosely thrown at CRCL employees, the program in question was shut down.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 8 Apr. 2025
Most of his peers embraced music that was solidly in the canon and, by definition, had been performed by greats for centuries—loosely speaking, like using modern paints to trace over an old master.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Loosely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loosely. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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