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Related Articles Although losing a mass amount of weight, especially rapidly, often results in skin laxity, GLP-1 drugs cause an even greater impact, some experts say.
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Emily Burns, Footwear News, 7 May 2025
For me, my main concern was mild laxity in my lower face, some out-of-nowhere hollows under my eyes, and general dullness.
—Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 3 May 2025
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
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Emily Burns, Footwear News, 7 May 2025
For me, my main concern was mild laxity in my lower face, some out-of-nowhere hollows under my eyes, and general dullness.
—Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 3 May 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laxity
inadvertence
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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
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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 18 Jul. 2025.
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