How to Use loosey-goosey in a Sentence
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OutKick is a little more loosey-goosey.
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Zach Dean Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
12 June 2026
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OutKick is a little more loosey-goosey.
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Zach Dean Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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The instructions are somewhat loosey-goosey.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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This isn’t to say McDermott has become loosey-goosey.
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Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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If things are left too loosey-goosey and vague, that can result in mixed expectations within your organization.
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Kathleen Walch,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025
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This worldwide experiment is loosey-goosey and carries weighty consequences.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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As Prynoski runs a quick session, the loosey-goosey fantasy RPG-meets-drinking game — whose kookily illustrated cards and dice all glow under blacklights — feels oddly like a natural next step for Titmouse.
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James Grebey,
Rolling Stone,
28 Nov. 2025
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Rather than being sloppy and loosey-goosey by simply referring to AI detection, the lawmakers would be better advised to concentrate on what the AI does once the nearly automatic semblance of detection takes place anyway.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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