How to Use loophole in a Sentence

loophole

noun
  • 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.
  • But there was a loophole in the new rule.
    — Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The bill aims to close that loophole.
    — Dawn Giel,contessa Brewer, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
  • There's a small loophole, though.
    — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Some say the laws have loopholes that are easy to exploit.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 30 May 2026
  • So give me some background on this loophole.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 19 Mar. 2026
  • But even that showed the limits and loopholes of these bills.
    — Idaho Statesman, 7 Apr. 2026
  • And yet, kids and teens are finding loopholes and tricks.
    — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
  • One way to tackle those loopholes?
    — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Time, 27 May 2026
  • What is the ‘Blue Ridge loophole’?
    — Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But then again, contracts have loopholes.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Two men in Congress have tried to close that loophole.
    — Patrick Eddington, Oc Register, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Their owners used to claim a loophole in the state’s gambling laws.
    — Jeff A. Chamer may 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
  • Knowing what those loopholes look like is half the battle.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • But as with all things, many were quick to find clever loopholes in such instances of this new form of space law.
    — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 6 Aug. 2025
  • There is a loophole that some scientists think could get around this problem.
    — Stephen Dikerby, The Conversation, 29 June 2026
  • Will lawmakers ban the state's cannabis loophole?
    — Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 27 Feb. 2026
  • And because of loopholes in tax law, most of that money may never be taxed at all.
    — Josephine Rios, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Experts have called it a loophole in the federal law.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Only in 2006 did the state close that loophole.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2025
  • This unlikely second world acts as a loophole of sorts.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 11 May 2026
  • But so much about insurance policies and their loopholes does.
    — Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
  • In return, the world got delays, loopholes and false promises.
    — Shaun McCutcheon, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026
  • Just two years ago, the Biden EPA closed this loophole.
    — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
  • The cost to the Treasury of the tax loophole for colleges is enormous.
    — Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
  • And, as usual, teams are already looking for loopholes.
    — Kevin Sherrington mar. 9, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The result is a patchwork of protocols full of loopholes and gaps.
    — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 13 July 2023
  • But those loopholes were removed from the bill the day before the House voted.
    — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 20 May 2026

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