laxity

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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

Prison staff who went on strike in protest told the BBC how laxity inside jails was undermining morale and presenting a growing security risk.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

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

Then parental laxity is the rule of the day.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver