loophole

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Recent Examples of loophole Attackers might have also been searching for loopholes in the Campaign Registry system – most likely by bypassing it entirely. Jenna McLaughlin, NPR, 2 Feb. 2025 Marshall pointed out that the plane and helicopter didn’t appear to be able to communicate with each other to avoid the crash – a loophole in a system that requires aircraft to have anti-crash technology to avoid collisions. Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2025 The once-smug coworker, who had benefited from the loophole, was suddenly forced to stay late night after night. Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 No longer; in 2025 this loophole has been eliminated. Todd Boss, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for loophole 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loophole
Noun
  • Finding sand in every crevice of your home after the beach is a universal experience.
    Olivia Bria, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2025
  • His own house is a virtuoso assemblage of warm and airy rooms slipped in among the crevices of Rustic Canyon.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • If a corporation has a data breach, there’s usually a resulting flurry of class-action lawsuits by the parties whose data was compromised.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The simple fact that Musk loyalists are in the building with their own computers is the heart of the problem—and helps explain why activities ostensibly authorized by the president are widely viewed as a catastrophic data breach.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The speech underscored a widening three-way rift over the future of the technology — one that critics warn could either cement human progress for generations or set the stage for its downfall.
    Thomas Adamson and Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The irony is Hurry Up Tomorrow, a long-gestating project for Tesfaye and Jenna Ortega, may have sparked a rift between the late Euphoria producer Kevin Turen and Levinson.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • All eyes were on Hudson, who wore a sparkly silver cutout dress that had a sequin bra top and skirt with a high slit and long train.
    Natasha Dye, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The skirt itself had a long train as well as a hip-height thigh slit that gave it the look of an elevated sarong.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The study provides unprecedented detail of the distribution of crevasses at different elevations of the ice sheet, and how the fissures and their distribution have been changing, Colgan said.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The fate of TikTok will determine the size of media and tech's deepening fissure.
    Hope King, Axios, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • This will create the Adorned Axe, a unique weapon with 91.2 slash damage, 45.5 blunt, 104 defence, and a value of 370.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • During his campaign, Donald Trump vowed to remake the federal government, promising to cut jobs, slash spending, end diversity and inclusion programs, and dismantle the Department of Education.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This came by way of sheer fabrications, keyhole cutouts and more.
    Mikelle Street, WWD, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The neckline of the custom couture Schiaparelli gown dipped dangerously low in the front and had a keyhole cutout with a large pearl accent.
    Brittany Talarico, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • However, the pair explicitly revealed their split to PEOPLE in January 2005.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Due to the split, championship teams have to win six playoff games compared to seven.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2025

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“Loophole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loophole. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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