Issue
Issue verb - To produce and release for distribution in printed form.
Loose
Loose verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- That issue, instead was dedicated to trying to tie up all the loose ends with the title character Omega.
Source: Comicbook / Foolkiller -
In a The Transformers comic, a two-bit crook finds Megatron, whose cyboneural circuits have been knocked loose in an earlier issue.
Source: Percussive Maintenance -
Love Triangle: George, Jonathan and Alanna have this issue until Alanna cuts them loose to pursue adventure and other options, though ultimately George wins.
Source: Literature / Song of the Lioness
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Loose and Issue. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/issue/loose
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