relaxes

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Best part: The clippers work for cheap, and none of the promotional aspects need to be publicly disclosed, thanks to a federal-regulation loophole that relaxes transparency standards on ads that don’t sell tangible products.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Lines such as “I love to count, it relaxes me and it gives me an achievable goal” point at a disquieting loneliness without going overboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

The detrusor muscle of the bladder wall relaxes to allow the bladder to fill and empty, while the external sphincter opens when it's appropriate to allow urine to flow out, but otherwise keeps tightly shut.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024

Collins, who will be performing eight West End shows a week for several months, says she relaxes by "walking the dogs with my husband on Hampstead Heath".

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024

The unbinding of one molecule of oxygen coordinately relaxes all the other clasps, like the crucial pin-piece pulled out from a child’s puzzle.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee