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societal

[suh-sahy-i-tl] / səˈsaɪ ɪ tl /


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At a time of societal fracture and backsliding, “Liberation” offered audiences the opportunity to commune collectively with a watershed movement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

She believed thinking about the language around the issue, education in schools and tackling deep-rooted societal misogyny could start to address things.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Additionally, “rapid technological and societal change is driving interest in frontier tech,” Kennedy said in emailed comments.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

He explicitly warns against “paternalistic or welfare-based management of societal life” and insists that decisions should be made “at the closest level possible to the persons involved.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The bad guys who abide by no societal laws whatsoever but are good at pretending when it suits them.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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