loosen

Example Sentences

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Here are three companies developing technologies to loosen China’s dominance of the market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 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

Always, in Virgil’s face, the ache of childlessness was writ in an astonished surprise that would attack his eyes, then loosen the muscles of his face.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy