How to Use open loop in a Sentence
open loop
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Details should plant a question the reader wants answered—an unresolved, open loop that creates an itch in the reader’s brain that only finishing the story can scratch.
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Jd Barker,
Rolling Stone,
19 Dec. 2025
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Her approach to closing open loops involves reflection, emotional processing, and daily practices that give the mind permission to rest.
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Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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The fluid travels through an open loop, exposed to the near-absolute zero of the void, maximizing radiative surface area before being caught by a collector and pumped back into the ship.
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IEEE Spectrum,
11 June 2026
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Both behaviors stem from a fundamental drive for resolution, where open loops and inefficiency are cognitively costly.
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Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
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Wasteful strain drains capability (context switching, open loops, reactive meetings, avoidable rework).
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Gerald J. Leonard,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2026
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