laxity

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Recent Examples of laxity My jawline area appeared slightly sharper and the subtle laxity around my mouth seemed to have improved. Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 3 May 2025 Bhutta attributes the spike in part to laxity with door-to-door vaccination campaigns. Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025 The latter is a mix of five peptide chains to improve laxity at different levels of the skin, leaving it with a firmer, more youthful appearance. Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 6 Apr. 2025 Face-tuning apps play a role in this, Killeen explained, pointing to facial laxity — a term used by surgeons to refer to looser skin — as an example that may seem unappealing but is expected with daily movement and neck function. Leah Dolan, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for laxity
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inadvertence
Noun
  • As for inventions, accident and inadvertence played a role in the development of Post-it Notes and microwave heating.
    Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 4 May 2018
  • The history of the game proceeded through intelligence, but also through inadvertence.
    JAY CASPIAN KANG, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2017

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“Laxity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laxity. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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