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- He could have bought them off the Net, of course — Martha Graham was notoriously lax about scorekeeping, and plagiarism was a cottage industry there — but he'd taken a position on that.†
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- He'd been lax about shaving lately, there seemed little point to it, so his beard was sprouting.†
p. 349.9
Definitions:
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(lax as in: lax supervision) relaxed; or lacking in strictness or strength
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(lax as in: lax rope) loose (not taut) or relaxed
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) LAX is also the frequently used airport code for Los Angeles International Airport. It can also be used as an informal abbreviation for lacrosse.