Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
loosen .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an occurrence of control or strength weakening
- noun the act of making something less tight
Etymologies
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Examples
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And of course atmospheric belt loosening is not possible; there is no extra space to put our carbon emissions.
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Those with a materialist mindset seem quite comfortable in loosening up their evidential thresholds whenever it suits them.
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And the sadder they look (pages loosening from the binding — the worst!) the more beloved they are to me.
william saroyan | part II « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
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And the sadder they look (pages loosening from the binding — the worst!) the more beloved they are to me.
January « 2010 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
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And of course atmospheric belt loosening is not possible; there is no extra space to put our carbon emissions.
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It certainly helped in loosening his lips about how he got involved in the project and what he's doing for it right now.
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The President notified Congress when this program went on line and they appeared to be singularly uninterested in loosening FISA to allow surveillance of enemy telecommunications.
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The President notified Congress when this program went on line and they appeared to be singularly uninterested in loosening FISA to allow surveillance of enemy telecommunications.
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The President notified Congress when this program went on line and they appeared to be singularly uninterested in loosening FISA to allow surveillance of enemy telecommunications.
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The President notified Congress when this program went on line and they appeared to be singularly uninterested in loosening FISA to allow surveillance of enemy telecommunications.
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