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laissez-faire

[les-ay fair, le-say fer] / ˌlɛs eɪ ˈfɛər, lɛ seɪ ˈfɛr /


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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

Innanen: The thing about Paul Baker is, he’s so passive and laissez-faire with everything in his life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

“If I am a more laissez-faire, ‘We need more AI accelerationism’ kind of person, I could see expressing a more comfortable view,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Appealing though this laissez-faire undoubtedly was, especially for amateur musicians, it resulted in instrumental music that did not make great demands on players, their instruments, or indeed composers.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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