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live and let live

NOUN
laissez-faire
Synonyms
WEAK
do-nothing policy for the most free enterprise free hand inaction indifference individualism laisser aller laisser passer latitude let-alone policy neutrality noninterference nonintervention nonrestriction part unrestrained by law free trade permissiveness

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She said people should "live and let live" and look after each other.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025

How about we live and let live, and all live longer and better?

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2023

Wyoming has long been a deeply conservative state but one that often avoided weighing in on social matters — live and let live is a credo of rural life in the West.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2023

George Kennan, the American diplomat in Moscow, sends what is known as the long telegram, saying there can be no modus vivendi, there can be no live and let live with Moscow.

From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2022

Why couldn’t people just live and let live?

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

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