loosen
Example Sentences
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But his favorite sport hasn’t looked the same since a minor tweak in Major League Baseball’s rulebook before the 2019 season loosened the color restrictions on player cleats.
"I don't see any way that the chancellor is going to find a way out of this without finding a way to loosen the rules around what we're willing to borrow," he said.
From BBC
Meanwhile, in the U.S., a company launched by the former head of Glencore’s recycling business wants to harvest metals from old electronics as the U.S. seeks to loosen China’s grip on refining.
A spokesman for Minnesota’s Medicaid agency said rapid increases in treatment availability and loosened Covid-era guidelines could explain the high billing, adding, “high utilization alone does not indicate fraud.”
It frequently disagrees with Meta's rulings, but the company has nevertheless continued to loosen its approach to policing content, raising questions about how much power the board actually wields.
From BBC
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