loosen

Example Sentences

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Yet the memory-chip shortage has gotten bad enough that some big consumer-tech companies have asked administration officials to loosen the restrictions on working with China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

As the pH shifts, the molecular bonds holding the tissue rigid begin to loosen.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

In November, parliament voted to replace a longstanding requirement to maintain a state surplus with a new balanced-budget rule, allowing the state to loosen its purse strings.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Add a little water to loosen it if needed.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

No matter how she screamed and schemed, her husband refused to loosen his purse strings.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord