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Recent Examples of Synonyms for looseness
Noun
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What sets it apart from peers like vitamin C, however, is that retinol can tackle just about every sign of premature skin aging, including fine lines and wrinkles, skin laxity, and hyperpigmentation (a contributor to dark circles).—
Deanna Pai,
Glamour,
28 May 2025 -
The impact of the drugs on the skin translates in several different ways beyond just laxity, which causes more prominent wrinkles and skin sagging.—
Emily Burns,
Footwear News,
7 May 2025
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That's a perversion of the separation of powers and the role of an independent Justice Department.—
Ryan Lucas,
NPR,
19 May 2025
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These opposition movements shared one common goal: exposing the fallacies of the communist perversion of truth.—
Andrew Nagorski,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Nov. 2012
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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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The document accused Jewish people of promoting white genocide and degeneracy.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
13 Apr. 2025
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The story centers on political prisoner Valentín (Diego Luna) who shares a cell with Molina (Tonatiuh), a window dresser convicted of public indecency.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
5 June 2025
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Lopez plays Ingrid Luna/the Spider Woman, a fictional silver screen diva who brings dazzling technicolor into the bleak life of prisoner Molina (Tonatiuh), a window dresser convicted of public indecency.—
Mekishana Pierre Updated,
EW.com,
5 June 2025
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Adkins, of Georgia, cared for her mother for a decade after her mom was diagnosed with frontotemporal degeneration dementia.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Histological examination showed no signs of retinal degeneration, even in individuals likely several hundreds of years old.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
14 May 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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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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The movie exploited the loosening codes of the time, to make for a more frank depiction of urban criminality.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
31 May 2025
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In the defense’s opener, Geragos said the money was offered to shield bad publicity, not evidence of criminality.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
12 May 2025
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The breakthrough is the fruit of incredible recent performance in all age groups for the nation of 36 million people, which became independent in 1991 after the dissolution of the USSR.—
Hassan Tayir,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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Why, then, engage language at all? Lijn explained her simultaneous recruitment and dissolution of language as a way to cope with her growing sense that words had become tired and lost any vital force.—
Marina Isgro,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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“Looseness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looseness. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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