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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

Spanish authorities laid a 500-yard inflatable barrier that extends from the breakwater to discourage arrivals and address the legal loophole raised by the Supreme Court.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 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

Some experts warn that attributing too much to AI could give tech companies a loophole to avoid responsibility and liability.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

He thought he could see Kreacher struggling to see a loophole in the instructions he had just been given and waited.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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

He’d watched the way she assessed the terms of their deal, probably finding a dozen loopholes to get herself out of it if things went wrong.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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 heavy gold was stowed into armored trucks, ominously loopholed.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Earthworks had been raised, trenches dug, walls had been loopholed, and houses placed in a state of hasty defence.

From The Great War in England in 1897 by William Le Queux

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

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

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

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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