slack

Example Sentences

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Kasper Schmeichel, 39, has been under intense scrutiny after a series of errors, culminating in last week's slack performance in the home defeat by Stuttgart.

From BBC

"People have got to cut him a little bit of slack," Brook said.

From BBC

Already, because so many students rely on the tram, the city has staggered school and university hours to pick up the slack of the partial shutdown.

From Barron's

Cook said that in a productivity-driven expansion, “a rise in unemployment may not indicate increased slack” in the labor market.

From Barron's

The Taylor Rule, a benchmark once favored by the Fed that links interest rates to inflation and economic slack, currently implies that policy should be tighter, not looser.

From Barron's