Example Sentences

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Loosened guidelines make it easier for athletes to switch schools.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2021

Loosened summer restrictions have allowed parents like Terry to quickly pick up food and return to work, and grandparents or neighbors to pick up food for kids who can't leave the house.

From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2021

Loosened credit-qualifications rules will continue in 2016, but nothing like what occurred in the 2000s that led to the mortgage crisis, Mr. Adamo says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2016

The headlines tell the story: "Banks Win 4-Year Delay as Basel Liquidity Rule Loosened," Bloomberg declared.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2013

Loosened from those roots, unable to attach herself to this new soil, and not spiritually leagued with her husband, she was more and more lonely.

From Beyond by Galsworthy, John