slack
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Bank of Canada Gov. Tiff Macklem has noted inflation is currently being held back by continued slack in Canada’s economy, which is growing again after having contracted for two consecutive quarters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
As the tech sector has struggled, other corners of the market have picked up the slack.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
He needs to repay the slack that allowed him a full Indian Premier League stint.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
With Luka Doncic out and LeBron James exhausted, the Lakers desperately needed Reaves to pick up the slack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
About as much fun as watching ice melt—until all of a sudden the winch line goes slack and the Mary Rose is floating free.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
The prototypical Gen Xer is resilient and cynical, a “latchkey kid” turned disaffected slacker, raised on MTV and limited parental supervision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The line became one of Tolkan’s most famous, and mega-fans would flock to Comic-Cons around the country to ask the star to call them a slacker, requests he typically obliged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
That realisation manifests in the lovestruck slacker rock of Dragonfly, and the finger-plucked Neptune Baby, with its refrain, "I'm a boat, and you are the water".
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025
Some of the plot is just unnecessary padding, like Daniel’s girlfriend troubles and slacker mentality, spiking in an odd scene where he hysterically bemoans his own uselessness.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Father: “I don’t know where you picked up that slacker attitude, but you certainly didn’t learn it at home. Probably from the bad influences up here.”
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
The UK has the slackest regulation of all EU members; other member states are much more stringent in their approach.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2013
It was the most abstract and highly changeable concert I’ve seen this group perform, and also the slackest: inspired on one level, frustrating on another.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2011
Drew was allowed to indulge in that slackest kind of writing, the day-by-day journal.
From Time Magazine Archive
In any year it would have been a tasteful, artful job of the soft sell, but in this, television's slackest season, the Eastern Airlines commercial looked like a masterwork.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was the slackest, blackest hour in an all-night dive; the nocturnal habitues had slunk away, and the day's trade had not yet begun.
From The Ne'er-Do-Well by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
A styling group stores troves of neutral tone crew and V-neck sweaters, button-down shirts, slacks and extra pairs of the Silver Lining Opticians “Carbon” glasses at an off-site building, current and former employees said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Eugene Levert, chain-smoking next to a stack of books while wearing a vertical blue-striped button-down and khaki slacks, looked the scholarly mirror of Doug Lamplugh, in a horizontal blue-striped polo and khaki shorts.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
The dads were in their after-work best: slacks and a sweater, some sort of brown shoe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
Wearing polka-dot slacks, she went to the hotel where Ford was speaking to the World Affairs Council.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025
He followed them up to the blue slacks and the sharp uniform shirt his mother wore.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
If teammates slacked off in practice after partying late, he’d shoot them extra hard puck passes.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
Speaking to the press, he said: "I've given my heart and soul. I can't think there'll be too many cricket fans out there who would think I've slacked off for a moment."
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2023
It's not as if Eigenberg ever slacked off in maintaining his physique; he also plays a main role in "Chicago Fire."
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2023
"We were just active on defense. When they had their runs, we slacked off," Brooks said.
From Fox News ● Nov. 19, 2021
The stern lines were slacked off, and Telemakhos commanded: “Rig the mast; make sail!”
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
I’ve heard it repeatedly from experts: The greatest risk of working out alone is bad form, leading to inefficient movement, slacking off and higher chance of injury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
With her apartment a flood zone and her landlord slacking off on the maintenance, Linda and her daughter are forced to live at a nearby hotel.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2025
Due to a slowing economy and slacking advertising revenue, newsrooms have been slashed across the industry.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
Almost across the board, inflation showed few signs of slacking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
And if I ain’t fired, then I need to clean that bathroom so Mister Johnny doesn’t think the secret maid is slacking and fire me a second time.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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