slack
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“During big snowstorms, firms often let employees work from home for the week, and similarly they cut them some slack when gas prices hit $4, or in California $5 or even $6.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
NASA’s push to return us there has been slowed by delays and setbacks even as private companies have stepped in to pick up the slack.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
They require friction, in a world that grows increasingly slack and unrequiring of its inhabitants.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026
The slack has been taken up by natural gas and solar and wind power.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
As always when things got behind in the family or at the store, I was the one who took up the slack.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Vocabulary lists containing slack
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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