laissez-faire
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Zuckerberg took a laissez-faire approach, writing in his Tuesday post that Meta Superintelligence Labs already engages independent evaluators and ”other labs can just do this too.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
He adds that Grint has a "Ron Weasley laissez-faire approach to these things".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
While most media operate in a laissez-faire regime, terrestrial radio and television broadcasting are licensed, and their airwave access has sometimes been deemed a privilege, not a right.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Back in Washington, the Department of Transportation concluded that this laissez-faire attitude had to change, and began high-level discussions with the nation’s aviation executives.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
By 1966, the warders had adopted a laissez-faire attitude: we could talk as much as we wanted as long as we worked.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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