lax

Example Sentences

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“I’m absolutely not in the business of saying we should be making these regulations more lax purely to make child care more affordable for parents.”

From Salon

That’s why your credit card may be “issued” by a bank subsidiary in Utah, South Dakota or Delaware, which have lax usury limits.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC

Maritime accidents occur regularly in Indonesia, a Southeast Asian archipelago of around 17,000 islands, often due to lax safety standards or bad weather.

From Barron's

But he didn’t become lax about the military buildup.

From The Wall Street Journal