loose statement
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"What the department released today amounts to little more than a loose statement of intention to do right by student debtors after decades of collaboration with corrupt for-profits," spokeswoman Laura Hanna said in a statement.
From US News • Jun. 13, 2016
“What the department released today amounts to little more than a loose statement of intention to do right by student debtors after decades of collaboration with corrupt for-profits,” spokeswoman Laura Hanna said in a statement.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2016
If we take a leap to the penultimate sermon in the present volume, we find Archbishop Benson indulging in the same kind of loose statement and inconsequential reasoning.
From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)
It is possible that no one believes they do; but much of the loose statement current among those who lay emphasis on morals would give that impression.
From The Conquest of Fear by King, Basil
Your confirmation of Sir C. Bell's rather loose statement has been of paramount importance for my work.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir