loper

[ loh-per ]

noun

1. a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
2. Also called draw runner, Furniture. either of two runners coming forward to support a hinged leaf, as the slant front of a desk.

Word History and Origins

Origin of loper¹

First recorded in 1475–85; lope + -er ¹

Example Sentences

There is one theory that says the reason we are seeing a pattern of John Roberts migrating from either dissenting with the liberals or trying to find some middle position with Brett Kavanaugh and the liberals to what happened this year in Loper Bright and in the immunity case has to do with him being tired of being on the losing side and deciding to throw his lot in with the “do it now, do it fast” ethos of Justices Alito and Thomas.

From Slate

Perhaps the biggest fight of all — to save future generations from the worst effects of the climate crisis — could easily be lost in the same way, as the Loper Bright decision has stripped the EPA of regulatory power and given judges the last word.

From Salon

Both the NetChoice cases and Loper Bright are now features of that landscape—for better or worse.

From Slate

But as the justices closed the door on some regulation in Loper Bright, they opened the doorway to other kinds of oversight in a pair of other cases, Moody v.

From Slate

Loper Bright is the culmination of a conservative legal sea change against executive agency authority.

From Slate