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  2. Binding and loosing - Wikipedia

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    Binding and loosing is originally a Jewish Mishnaic phrase also mentioned in the New Testament, as well as in the Targum. 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 ...

  3. Virginity - Wikipedia

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    Youth by French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau.White has traditionally been associated with ritual purity, innocence and virginity in Western cultures. Virginity is the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse; [1] [2] it is considered a social construct, not an objective term with an operational definition. [3]

  4. No-win situation - Wikipedia

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    A no-win situation or loselose situation is an outcome of a negotiation, conflict or challenging circumstance in which all parties are worse off. It is an alternative to a win-win or outcome in which one party wins .

  5. Loss - Wikipedia

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    Loss function, in statistics, a function representing the cost associated with an event; Path loss, the attenuation undergone by an electromagnetic wave in transit from a transmitter to a receiver Free-space path loss, the loss in signal strength that would result if all influences were sufficiently removed having no effect on its propagation

  6. Weight loss - Wikipedia

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    Intentional weight loss is the loss of total body mass as a result of efforts to improve fitness and health, or to change appearance through slimming. Weight loss is the main treatment for obesity, [1] [2] [3] and there is substantial evidence this can prevent progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes with a 7–10% weight loss and manage cardiometabolic health for diabetic people with a ...

  7. Derailment (thought disorder) - Wikipedia

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    Derailment can often be manifestly caused by intense emotions such as euphoria or hysteria. Some of the synonyms given above (loosening of association, asyndetic thinking) are used by some authors to refer just to a loss of goal: discourse that sets off on a particular

  8. Losing streak - Wikipedia

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    In sports, a losing streak (a.k.a. a cold streak, losing skid, slide, schneid, or losing slump) is an uninterrupted string of contests (games, matches, etc.) lost by a team or individual. A losing streak is thus the opposite of a winning streak. A losing streak can last as few as two games, or it may last much longer.

  9. Losing - Wikipedia

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    Losing may refer to: Music. Losing "Losing" (Tenth Avenue North song), a 2012 song by Tenth Avenue North "Losing ... Lose (disambiguation) Loss (disambiguation) ...