open-door policy
Example Sentences
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His deployment of troops to fight jihadists in Somalia, and an open-door policy to refugees, won favour from foreign donors, even as they triggered corruption scandals at home.
From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026
Humanitarian agencies are urging the Ugandan government to maintain its open-door policy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
She told the jury her "style" was always to have an "open-door policy" and lots of contact with prisoners.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2025
The Arensbergs kept an open-door policy for artists and art lovers to bask in nearly 1,000 works from pre-Columbian objects and Modern artists like Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and, their favorite, Marcel Duchamp.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 29, 2024
Americans generally are under the impression that John Hay originated the open-door policy and that it was successfully upheld by the United States.
From From Isolation to Leadership, Revised A Review of American Foreign Policy by Latane, John Holladay
