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loophole

[loop-hohl] / ˈlupˌhoʊl /


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Don’t think of it as a loophole, said Matt Chancey is the founder of Tax Alpha Companies.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

Li, who is in his late 40s, was an early beneficiary of the loophole that allowed the accumulation of overseas wealth.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Compounding pharmacies, which mix bespoke drugs, are a loophole in the U.S. regulatory system.

From Los Angeles Times 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

“You not only made it to New York, you seem to be taking advantage of every loophole I ever taught you.”

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

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

Amodei rejected the Defense Department’s latest proposal, which he said added loopholes, and conceded there isn’t a path forward to working together.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the new system would protect "genuine refugees" while "closing loopholes that have been too often abused".

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

At the far end was the stone wall of the corrals, with apertures in the stone that were like loopholes running all along the face of each corral.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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

They barricaded and loopholed the old church and hospital, and improvised defences from wagons, mealie sacks and bags of Indian corn.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

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

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 James Otis

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 H.C. Adams

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 Rossiter Johnson




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