Example Sentences

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While most stores and offices and public buildings still require visitors to scan their codes, the requirement is more laxly enforced in residential communities, he said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2022

Regulating new sources of pollution strictly and existing sources laxly or not at is known as “grandfathering.”

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2021

Parents had complained that was too generous and had been laxly enforced, the administration said.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2021

Those incidents added drama to MLB’s decision to ramp up enforcement of foreign substances, which have long been banned but laxly policed until recently.

From Washington Times • Jul. 6, 2021

There was no sound now in the early-night hush, except for their feet scraping laxly through the dust, their clothes rustling as they grunted softly and sent the ball toward the basket.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols