slack
Example Sentences
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Alarfaj said some conservative families have become more strict, taking up the slack as the state backs off of its enforcement of social restrictions.
Chief Operating Officer David Seymour said American is building more slack into its flight schedules to ensure more on-time departures and reduce delays.
Altadena’s two libraries, both spared from destruction, have borne outsize responsibility for picking up the slack from these losses, and have hosted community events and workshops for those hoping to rebuild.
From Los Angeles Times
These range from the slowing economy, rising labor-market slack and stagnant real wages to the disinflationary — or deflationary — effect of artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch
Nitibhon, a Thai supermodel, plays her tycoon as comically drab, keeping her gaunt cheeks slack to emphasize her character’s hollowness.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
