free-thinking

Example Sentences

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These three musicians criss-crossed the ranks of New York’s most free-thinking groups for more than a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

While many stayed, a major contingent wound up migrating to California, a more free-thinking place with the forgiving climate, dramatic landscapes, willing clients and booming economy to help turn their Oklahoma dreams into reality.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

"He had long, flowing locks like the free-thinking lion that he was."

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2024

The collection served to explore contrasting ideas, adding feminine touches to masculine tailoring by changing proportions, while mixing formal and casual looks, to create something "spontaneous and free-thinking", according to the show notes.

From Reuters • Sep. 27, 2023

As if by an act of providence, Ernest promptly came within the orbit of a genuinely free-thinking pioneer of advanced physics.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik