freethinking
Example Sentences
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Holding on to a “Wordsworthian sense of wonder” when everyone else is doing the opposite—that’s real freethinking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
It was only through the work of journalism . . . that he began his long transformation into a proud liberal, outspoken feminist and freethinking agnostic.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2024
He read the works of Black authors and, influenced by his father’s freethinking, embraced his family’s commitment to social justice.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2023
Alaska is a place apart, both physically and in the minds of its many freethinking residents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2023
Unlike Charles, she was not careful to put things back where she got them; the freethinking atmosphere at Maer had not inculcated order into her as the strict atmosphere at the Mount had into Charles.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
