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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

Kennedy has long promised to close the “generally recognized as safe,” or GRAS, loophole, but the change is more limited than some advocates had hoped.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Dam safety laws allowed municipalities with their own engineering departments to operate without state oversight, and Mulholland had taken advantage of this loophole.

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

Firms are extending less debt to borrowers being bought out by private-equity firms—especially software companies and others vulnerable to disruption by artificial intelligence—and are closing loopholes that allow financing against borrowers’ assets.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

“Our retirement savings system is built on incentives to help workers achieve financial security after a lifetime of work — not on loopholes for the wealthiest to exploit,” Neal said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

The loopholes have been glaring at the Ram temple, with the accused reportedly taking advantage of weak counting processes and surveillance lapses.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

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

Oracular ambiguity or statistical probability provides loopholes, and discrepancies are expunged by Faith.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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 small tanks streamed last week up the mountain road while Pathans in their little loopholed houses peered out goggle-eyed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The heavy gold was stowed into armored trucks, ominously loopholed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Masonry blockhouses, loopholed for musketry, are provided as keeps of the re-entering and salient places of arms.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 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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