liberal

Example Sentences

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He was being raised in a liberal Jewish household with a vocal and politically progressive mother, and Elliott’s views were out of place.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

What’s special about a liberal arts seminar is that 12 to 18 people around a table where you do Socratic dialogue and you have your assumptions challenged.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Ted Turner, the brash media mogul who created CNN and revolutionized how Americans watched television, and who wielded his media empire and wealth to pursue liberal global causes and land conservation, has died.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The post-Cold War “end of history” era, a term popularized by political scientist Francis Fukuyama in 1989, was built around the idea that liberal democracy and the U.S.-led order had triumphed, Reid said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Given its long miscegenation history—begun when Jan Van Riebeeck and his men, the first whites to settle South Africa, arrived in 1652 without wives—the city was purported to be a most liberal place.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane