laissez-faire
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Her laissez-faire policy applies to letting her kids drop extracurriculars when they’ve moved on from them and maintain less than straight-A grades.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The suits filed Thursday represents a culmination of the CFTC’s shift from a laissez-faire approach to sports prediction markets to a full throated defense of them.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
The proliferation of offshore vehicles, combined with a laissez-faire attitude toward sources of foreign wealth, have made it an attractive place for well-to-do Iranians to park cash, real-estate experts and wealth managers say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Its leading single, “End of Summer,” is classic Tame Impala in terms of its sprawling, seven minute and 12 seconds playtime, but it also sounds more laissez-faire than his previous work.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
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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