free-thinking
Example Sentences
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Family historian Lady Carla Stanley, who is married to the current Lord Stanley, said they were "free thinking" and born to educated, well-travelled mothers.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
That is antithetical to free thinking and the democratic project in the classroom — a democratic culture.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2024
A champion for Black women and free thinking, she’s not only in an era of reinvention, but expansion.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2023
At times the project of cataloging, or indeed defining, the threads of centuries of free thinking can verge on overly ambitious.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2023
Finally, in a kind of mad worry, I took off his harness and let him run free, thinking he might just follow us as we made our way through the darkness.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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