laxity
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"Symptoms like thickening and laxity of the skin, so-called 'elephant skin', extreme shedding and sharply defined areas of redness next to normal skin."
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
Simple things like the way your body disperses fat, aging, or skin laxity can create asymmetry.
From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026
“Constant squinting, reduced blinking and rubbing the eyes due to eyestrain can accelerate laxity and puffiness.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
As it turned out, of course, Lee’s stabbing death seems to have had nothing to do with street crime or prosecutorial laxity or coddled criminals or “repeat violent offenders.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
“Re’lar Ambrose is officially remanded for laxity in his duty.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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