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as in open
willing to consider new or different ideas all I ask is that you try to be open-minded when we present our suggestions
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as in liberal
not bound by traditional ways or beliefs younger people are often more open-minded on social and political issues
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Recent Examples of open-minded Team dynamics around money intensify as the Sun (in your intimate 8th house) wrestles with Jupiter (in your open-minded 11th house). —
Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026 But a Dutch physicist named Willem de Sitter was more open-minded. —Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026 Looking beyond current wealth, Rojeck wants readers to take an open-minded approach to deeply understanding finances and the nuances that come with it, at any scale. —Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026 Hence, native Finnish speakers at times are empathetic and remain open-minded towards language as a whole. —Aslesha Mehta, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for open-minded
Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026 But a Dutch physicist named Willem de Sitter was more open-minded. —Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026 Looking beyond current wealth, Rojeck wants readers to take an open-minded approach to deeply understanding finances and the nuances that come with it, at any scale. —Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026 Hence, native Finnish speakers at times are empathetic and remain open-minded towards language as a whole. —Aslesha Mehta, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for open-minded
Recent Examples of Synonyms for open-minded
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Iranian forces on Saturday fired on a tanker and cargo ship in the sea lane, a day after declaring the sea lane open to commercial traffic.— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
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Such procedures are often left open for 24 hours, and the Cypriot presidency said that final approval could come on Thursday, when EU leaders are gathering for a summit in Cyprus.— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
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The liberal media, members of the woke mob, and plenty within the Cubs’ fanbase took exception to the then-rookie missing one regular-season game a year ago to honor his late friend, days after he was brutally murdered in front of the entire world.— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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Many told me the liberal media had smeared them as racists, xenophobes and misogynists.— Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
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Much of the crowd at the Town Council meeting was critical of the city of San Diego and receptive to the La Jolla cityhood effort.— Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
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Two extensive bargaining sessions, held at the venue, have failed to reach agreements, leaving FIFA at risk of a strike, with the union’s co-president Kurt Petersen this week telling The Athletic that FIFA has not been receptive to his body’s concerns.— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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Her announcement touched off a new round of progressive candidates backing away from the Iron Dome.— Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
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Wagner is among a bevy of hosts from progressive outlet Crooked Media who can be seen on MS NOW every Saturday night at 9 in clips from the collective’s sundry podcasts.— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
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Claire Danes, left, and Brittany Snow in The Beast in Me Chris Saunders—Netflix Advertisement Aggie is supposed to be writing a broad-minded book on the unlikely friendship between Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia.— Judy Berman, Time, 13 Nov. 2025
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Liberal means generous, broad-minded, tolerant, worldly, seeking acculturation and education, and using government to aid collective human flourishing.— Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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That’s the impact Figueroa and Messmann hope to have with the boxing club and other unconventional programs at ATLAS.— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
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The Cubs will need more performances like Thielbar’s over the next week or so from potentially unconventional options in key moments because of injuries that have challenged the bullpen’s depth.— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
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Velvet banquette couches and mid-century modern furniture punctuate roomy seating areas throughout the hotel, along with two main restaurant venues, an elegant cocktail bar, and a cozy coffee shop.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Apr. 2026
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Thematic ambition, a sense of the something to be expressed beyond a central romance, rivalry, or farce, propels modern musical hits too, as in Hairspray, or Wicked, or (no duh) Hamilton.— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026
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The trio, and others in their intellectual circle, share a few radical views.— Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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No, the blame falls on moderate Democrats, who knew darn well what progressives and progressivism represented but did nothing to prevent the radical left from engineering a takeover of their party.— Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Open-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/open-minded. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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