liberal

Example Sentences

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Noelia Castillo Ramos is one of a growing number of assisted-suicide cases that test the limits of liberal societies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Conservative and liberal judges alike questioned the arguments of Solicitor Gen. John Sauer, who represented the administration, saying he relied on “some pretty obscure sources,” including precedents that dated back to Roman law.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

By 1987, amid the liberal reforms under Mikhail Gorbachev, Natalia Rubinstein was in London reading BBC news bulletins instead of just listening to them.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

They were sympathetic to the concept—this was a liberal neighborhood, after all—and they were trying to be tolerant.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

“We were all liberal, hippie teenagers, so we didn’t even think of that happening,” Healy says.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater