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lax

[laks] / læks /


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David Robinson is the latest OpenAI veteran to show up on a New York Times podcast to lament his former employer’s lax safety efforts—keyword “latest.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Jacob Coxon -- who resigned from Anthropic and previously worked at OpenAI -- publicly accused both startups of lax security standards and "gambling with our lives."

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

Due to lax collagen between connective tissues, muscles have to work harder to keep joints stable, leading to fatigue and pain, as well as clumsiness.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

The sheer number of guns in circulation, endemic corruption, lax enforcement of laws in all walks of life, the glorification of guns and a decades-long military culture are all contributing factors.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

I said it couldn’t, it was a matter of security, and I reprimanded him for his lax conduct.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Supporters say the laxer regime could encourage more companies to go public; investors, hungry for data on corporate performance, oppose less-frequent reporting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

More than two decades ago the country experienced what author Helen Gordon described as a "Saharan gold rush", fuelled in part by laxer regulations and a more stable political environment than some of its neighbours.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2025

And open-access publishers that charge authors to publish their work also have an incentive to publish as much as possible, which could lead to laxer quality control.

From Science Magazine ● May 31, 2024

Coinbase and other firms have argued that the U.S. should be friendlier to the industry and that clearer rules are necessary to help American crypto companies compete with exchanges in countries with laxer regulations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

He looked again at my laxer, coarser face, and did not say whatever thought had passed across his mind.

From A Modern Utopia by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

He called the licensing system "the laxest in Europe".

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026

But as a rapidly gentrifying city with some of the highest income inequality in the nation — and in a state with some of the laxest gun laws — gang culture has changed.

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023

Today California has some of the laxest rules on the subject in the country.

From Economist ● Dec. 8, 2016

While the rest of my physique is mediocre by the laxest standards, I started adulthood with an exemplary foot.

From The New Yorker ● May 16, 2016

Her principles are abominable, and her morals are of the laxest; but many of her remarks are original, pungent, and entertaining.

From The Black Cat A Play in Three Acts by John Todhunter


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