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loophole

[loop-hohl] / ˈlupˌhoʊl /


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Finally, the Clarity Act doesn’t provide a loophole to anti-money-laundering or illicit finance rules; it expands them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

But I get it: You are afraid you have left some giant loophole in your estate planning that could cause delays or worse after you’re gone.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

The loophole allowed China’s superrich to bypass strict capital controls and avoid government oversight of their wealth.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Match of the Day pundit Danny Murphy suggested last season that lawmakers could act to close the loophole in this exact way.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

And just as she’d found a loophole to allow her to make and sell whatnots, she found a loophole to allow her to use her own whatnots as body doubles.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The section’s vague language and many loopholes could have a chilling effect on any research that studies the effects of a disease, policy or public health intervention on any specific group of people, Rafla-Yuan said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

"The proposal must not have loopholes that allow abuses," Canfin, who will also take part in negotiations on behalf of the parliament, said.

From Barron's Jul. 6, 2026

Better to bone up on all the rules and loopholes.

From MarketWatch Jun. 15, 2026

"The preliminary report is incomplete and full of loopholes," Randhawa told the BBC.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

Oracular ambiguity or statistical probability provides loopholes, and discrepancies are expunged by Faith.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Any legislation however altruistic is loopholed to death.

From New York Times Apr. 18, 2018

Swaney loopholed her way into a spot in the skiing halfpipe for Hungary and then cautiously coasted down the course.

From The Guardian Feb. 26, 2018

The heavy gold was stowed into armored trucks, ominously loopholed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The small tanks streamed last week up the mountain road while Pathans in their little loopholed houses peered out goggle-eyed.

From Time Magazine Archive

He mounted the stairs of the tower, and stationing himself at the loopholed window, gazed long and earnestly at the sea.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James

Author Stern began explaining the not-so-fine art of legal tax loopholing nine years ago in The Great Treasury Raid.

From Time Magazine Archive

They went to work, however, with a will, and for more than two hours employed themselves in loopholing the walls and constructing barricades between the two houses.

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.

These he made use of as forts, throwing into them little garrisons, and loopholing the walls.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter

The enemy’s position was naturally strong, and was rendered more so by blockhouses, a stone fort and entrenchments cut in solid rock, and the loopholing of a solidly built stone church.

From The Boys of '98 by Otis, James




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