Plural of loophole

regular plural

The plural of loophole is loopholes.

Forms of loophole

The sun had shifted round, and the myriad windows of the Ministry of Truth, with the light no longer shining on them, looked grim as the loopholes of a fortress.1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, page 25
And there's no loopholes, because you drafted it and you're the best.2002, Marc Lawrence, Two Weeks Notice (motion picture)
The cognitive loopholes and biases that make us woo-prone are a human universal.2022 March 8, Laith Al-Shawaf, “Detecting Bull$%#!”, in Psychology Today. From the entry woo
But a set of worrisome regulatory loopholes kept them from detecting this lurking whale.2021 May 18, Alexis Goldstein, “These Invisible Whales Could Sink the Economy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry whale
In this way, loopholes exist that allow for torturelike methods to be used.2017, Elizabeth Grimm Arsenault, How the Gloves Came Off, page 154. From the entry torturelike

noun A slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting in light.
noun A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect.
verb To prepare a building for defense by preparing slits or holes through which to fire on attackers.

What is the plural of loophole?: The plural of loophole is loopholes.
Is loophole countable?: Loophole is a countable noun.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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