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- adjective Alternative spelling of
laid-back .
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Examples
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If anything of importance is to transpire in laidback Puerto Escondido, it's more than likely to happen at Hotel Santa Fe.
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If anything of importance is to transpire in laidback Puerto Escondido, it's more than likely to happen at Hotel Santa Fe.
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Perri's expressive voice and impressionistic lyrics brilliantly convey the conflicting emotions of family life in an inspiring song that almost recalls the laidback acoustic-funk of Shuggie Otis.
PopMatters D.M. Edwards 2008
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Zoe Collins, a third-year theatre student, accepts that essentially one rural location is being swapped for another, but there is something special about "laidback" Totnes.
Dartington College of Arts' relocation could be a threat to its identity 2010
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The kind of laidback approach I used when my daughter was in elementary school, letting her take days off from school whenever she felt she needed to, worked for a smart, self-motivated over-achiever, but perhaps wouldn't have been the best strategy if she were a child who needed encouragement to do well in school.
Archive 2008-08-01 e 2008
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"laidback" team of Corowa's Claire Redman and Bowral's Mark Kiddle and Malcolm MacRae for their assistance in helping Buzz look his best.
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At first glance, Elbow seem so laidback you wonder if they could manage an ellipsis … but when they revealed the title of their fifth album, there sat an ! like an unnecessary appendage on a hi-tech anorak.
From Help! to Build A Rocket Boys!, exclamation marks rock! 2011
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Redzepi the chef may be doctrinaire but Redzepi the teacher is very laidback.
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The mood is often light and laidback, but she demonstrates her soulful vocals on the bluesy Sonkolon or on a praise song to Oumou, and echoes Oumou's bravery in the passionate, no-nonsense Boloko, a plea to end female circumcision.
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And in the latest installment of On Love's Staying Power, restaurateur Constantine Stavropoulos shares how the laidback approach to romance has helped his marriage.
Valentine's Day link love Washington Post staff 2011
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