loosen

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S&P Dow Jones Indices considered whether to loosen index requirements but opted to keep its policies unchanged.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

As the pH shifts, the molecular bonds holding the tissue rigid begin to loosen.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said last month that the government would loosen regulations for about a dozen peptides.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Add a little water to loosen it if needed.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

He washed the hide in water mixed with crumbled oak bark to loosen the hairs, then stretched it between two saplings -well out of Wolf’s leaping-range.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver