Example Sentences

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Anxious investors worry that underwriting standards may have loosened at private-credit firms as it rapidly grew to become a $2 trillion industry.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

Over the past decade, though, rules have loosened to allow players to work out at the draft combine and return to school if they didn’t anticipate being picked as high as they would like.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

To address the issue, a number of states have loosened the teacher certification rules to make it easier to get more bodies in the classroom, which sounds … less than ideal.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2024

Three years later, as the grips of the pandemic have loosened, many states are now trying to deal with an excess of protective gear, ditching their supplies in droves.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2023

The early summer is the worst time for them, for the warm currents have loosened them from the icefields in the north, and they float southwards.

From Round the Wonderful World by Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)