lax

Example Sentences

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The delivery driver walked past deputies stationed at the scene, prompting outcry about potential contamination and the lax security at the crime scene.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Faure-Walker told jurors Motin had a "lax attitude" and "thought he knew better than anyone else".

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Democrat Kevin Looper and Republican Dan Lavey started a bipartisan group in 2021, People for Portland, aimed at paring back some of the lax homelessness policies that have roiled the local economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Jeri is the seventh president since 2016 in Peru, a country marked by chronic political instability that the prosecutor says has resulted in a lax approach to crime-fighting.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Some of them were too lax, some too brittle, some careless, some too firm, some inconsistent.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover