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  2. Binding and loosing - Wikipedia

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    In usage, to bind and to loose simply means to forbid by an indisputable authority and to permit by an indisputable authority. [1] One example of this is Isaiah 58:5–6 which relates proper fasting to loosing the chains of injustice. [2] The poseks had, by virtue of their ordination, the power of deciding disputes relating to Jewish law. [1]

  3. Losing streak - Wikipedia

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    A losing streak and a winless streak are distinctively different, as a winless streak may include: tie games or draws; in first-class cricket, unfinished matches; in association football, ice hockey and some field hockey leagues where points are awarded for wins and drawn games, overtime or shootout losses if the draw at the end of regulation counts as a draw for points percentage.

  4. No-win situation - Wikipedia

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    A related concept is sometimes described as "winning the battle but losing the war", where a lesser objective is won, but the greater objective beyond it is not well-pursued and is lost. In the past in Europe, women accused of being witches were sometimes bound and then thrown or dunked in water to test their innocence. A witch would float (by ...

  5. Loss aversion - Wikipedia

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    In cognitive science and behavioral economics, loss aversion refers to a cognitive bias in which the same situation is perceived as worse if it is framed as a loss, rather than a gain. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It should not be confused with risk aversion , which describes the rational behavior of valuing an uncertain outcome at less than its expected value .

  6. Loose coupling - Wikipedia

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    Loose coupling occurs when the dependent class contains a pointer only to an interface, which can then be implemented by one or many concrete classes. This is known as dependency inversion . The dependent class's dependency is to a "contract" specified by the interface; a defined list of methods and/or properties that implementing classes must ...

  7. Money Is Losing Its Meaning - AOL

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    (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Doing “whatever it takes” to save the global economy from the coronavirus pandemic is going to cost a lot of money. The U.S. government alone is spending a few trillion ...

  8. Losing Weight vs. Losing Fat: What's the Difference? - AOL

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    Beyond that, you may also be wondering what the difference is between losing weight and losing fat. We spoke with experts who break it down for you.Continue reading to learn. Photo: Shutterstock ...

  9. Semantic satiation - Wikipedia

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    Semantic satiation is a psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener, [1] who then perceives the speech as repeated meaningless sounds. Extended inspection or analysis (staring at the word or phrase for a long time) in place of repetition also produces the same effect.