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liberal

adjective as in abundant, profuse

adjective as in not strict or literal

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Faulting language used by some liberals as “holier than thou,” Obama argued that Democrats could remain true to their principles while respecting those with whom they disagreed.

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So liberals are trying to limit those rights by broadening the universe of what counts as commercial speech.

In the general election, Mr. Cuomo finds himself stretched by trying to avoid losing liberal Democratic voters while also convincing Republicans that he’d represent them better than Curtis Sliwa, 71, the GOP nominee.

But Johnson, like so many other conservative Christians, is so consumed by his fear and loathing of America’s liberal culture that he gladly embraced the felonious libertine.

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She and other experts say students should consider liberal arts degrees because employers value critical thinking skills.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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