loopholes

plural of loophole

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loopholes
Noun
  • The insects can be found in rural or suburban areas and usually hide in the walls or roof crevices of houses and nearby outbuildings.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The species typically live a solitary life underground, but sometimes a heavy rain completely floods caves and the fish can find crevices and small openings to go from cave to cave.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Wyatt exited and then returned to the project amid creative fissures, including wrangling over the movie’s tone, pacing, and length.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Trump is facing a catch-22 in the face of growing fissures at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and mounting departures of scientists and experts over vaccine policy.
    Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Laying in an almost illusion deconstruction, the black fabric featured cutouts to reveal the white corset beneath the bustline in a plunging V shape and at the sides, along with waist-high slits on either side of the front of the skirt.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Net pots are plastic containers with slits that allow roots to grow through.
    The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Instead of stripping your skin, the new technology does the opposite, cramming nourishers and moisturizing ingredients into microscopic nano-size droplets that nudge themselves into the nooks and crannies of your skin.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The in-game map also purposefully obscures some of the game's secret nooks and crannies, which can only be found with careful observation (or a handy walkthrough).
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And Gutfeld didn’t shed any tears for his fellow TV host.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
  • For some, tears stained their faces.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Later level and Ankou rifts (secret battle stages) require adept knowledge of the game’s overlapping combat systems.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Establishing ground rules ahead of time can hopefully help avoid hurt feelings, which can grow into deeper rifts over time and have negative effects on children and potentially rob them of a fruitful relationship with their grandparents.
    Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Next, see if your email has been exposed in past breaches.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Smart cities must plan for potential breaches and create systems that can withstand and recover rapidly from interruption.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But after the break, the Americans started to find some chinks in the English armour.
    Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Loopholes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loopholes. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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