lax

Example Sentences

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The Cour des Comptes said the state had been lax in not checking the credentials of the 30,000 dealers to whom it allows access to the SIV.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Democrat Kevin Looper and Republican Dan Lavey started a bipartisan group in 2021, People for Portland, aimed at paring back some of the lax homelessness policies that have roiled the local economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Jeri is the seventh president since 2016 in Peru, a country marked by chronic political instability that the prosecutor says has resulted in a lax approach to crime-fighting.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

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 • Jan. 14, 2026

Thula exploded in the face of what she saw as lax discipline.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown