How to Use loophole in a Sentence

loophole

noun
Definition of loopholenext
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  • She took advantage of a loophole in the tax law.
  • His attorney has been hunting for a loophole that would allow him to get out of the deal.
  • The four workarounds, named by Savaget, are the piggyback, the loophole, the roundabout and the next-best.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
  • That loophole has paid off big-time for one of the bestselling music artists of all time.
    — Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • That alleged loophole was scheduled to close at the end of the month with the ATF’s enforcement of its new rule.
    — Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 31 May 2023
  • This is the loophole striking actors are looking to close.
    — David Arditi, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The result is a patchwork of protocols full of loopholes and gaps.
    — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 13 July 2023
  • That begins the granting of concessions and loopholes within the tax code.
    — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 4 May 2023
  • In all states, there's one big loophole for tech-savvy internet users: using a VPN.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The loopholes are out there, and patients like Laskey are just discovering them.
    — Kaiser Health News, oregonlive, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Congress should urgently direct the FDA to close this loophole, but don’t hold your breath.
    — Michael L. Millenson, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • There's also a loophole to the six-month rule that's agitating some campers.
    — Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Congress closed that loophole in 2021 as part of the American Rescue Plan.
    — Arit John, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
  • For all of its loopholes on the front end, a drug policy hashed out by both MLB players and management did its job.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023
  • If regulators really want to the laws to work, Sloane and others point to one way to close loopholes: resources.
    — Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 3 July 2023
  • Bautista said the law was a step in the right direction to close loopholes that seem to get exploited as soon as new tenant laws are enacted.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The global roaming plan may represent some kind of loophole.
    — PCMAG, 17 Feb. 2023
  • In the three decades after the loophole was codified, annual growth was 2.1 percent.
    — Robert Draper, New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • Because of an accounting loophole, the bank didn’t have to show fluctuations in the value of those bonds on its balance sheet.
    — Maureen Farrell, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Many consumers — and regulators — aren't happy with the way scammers have been able to walk through a loophole in the banking universe.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Some Republicans say changes don’t go far enough and contain too many loopholes.
    — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The 2023 farm bill now being negotiated may close the loophole.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The hypothetical question posed to the panel was, in effect, whether there is a loophole to get around the criminal law.
    — Alexander Raikin, National Review, 14 Sep. 2023
  • TikTok asks users for their age when signing up for an account, which offers a loophole — kids can pretend to be older.
    — Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Revenue lost to the loophole was partly offset by a simpler-to-administer levy: the estate tax.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • City's defiance puts it at odds with Freeman There is disagreement over whether the loophole exists.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 2 June 2023
  • Even though the loophole applies to all title lenders in the state, bankruptcy lawyers across Georgia told us that TitleMax customers feel its impact the most.
    — Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, 13 July 2023
  • Gun control advocates see the kits as a dangerous loophole and point out that police frequently find the weapons at crime scenes.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The lack of any limits on what athletes could make — even for small amounts of work — created a loophole that boosters quickly exploited.
    — Billy Witz, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Their confusion is a loophole abetting injustice—and abusers know it.
    — Carly Lewis, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2023

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