How to Use intellectual freedom in a Sentence

intellectual freedom

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  • As long as there have been book challenges, there have been those who defend intellectual freedom and the right to read freely.
    Nicole A. Cooke, The Conversation, 20 July 2023
  • The threat to intellectual freedom never comes from kids.
    David Levithan, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2022
  • For all the rightwing pearl-clutching about cancel culture and its alleged threats to intellectual freedom, smokescreen trolling is an actual threat to free speech.
    Whitney Phillips, Wired, 18 June 2021
  • The goal of that war isn’t just to curtail intellectual freedom but to eviscerate the public education system in this country.
    David Levithan, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2022
  • If the New School was rooted in an effort to protect intellectual freedom, its charge now was to support intellectuals who were stifled behind the Iron Curtain.
    Jordi Graupera, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The current book banning craze is threatening teachers and librarians who are trying to protect the intellectual freedom of all ages.
    ELLE, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The current book banning craze is threatening teachers and librarians who are trying to protect the intellectual freedom of all ages.
    ELLE, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Yale would be better off if it were run by people who believe in intellectual freedom and who couldn’t be quite so easily bullied into betraying that with which they have been entrusted.
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Notable in this year’s report were other instances of what Nielsen called intellectual freedom or censorship issues.
    oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2020
  • Not unlike the academic boycotts after Tiananmen, in each of these instances, there are serious, valid concerns about intellectual freedom and attendee safety.
    WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
  • This conception of intellectual freedom is jarring and shameful.
    Myles McKnight, National Review, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Librarians across this country work under guidelines to support the intellectual freedom of everybody in the community.
    John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The new bill does not include terms requested by higher education faculty that explicitly affirm academic and intellectual freedom, and no changes have been made to sections that discuss grant funding and K-12 instruction.
    al, 8 Mar. 2022
  • This moment may be particularly dangerous for students’ intellectual freedom, but restricting what kids read is nothing new.
    Kate Cray, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Jones said in a June 21 response email that the Pride display was appropriate because public libraries serve as inclusive spaces for communities that promote intellectual freedom, access to information and diverse perspectives.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2023
  • The Maryland Association of School Librarians says its collections are developed according to principles of intellectual freedom and include titles that meet the needs of diverse communities.
    Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The Maryland Association of School Librarians says its collections are developed according to principles of intellectual freedom and include titles that meet the needs of diverse communities.
    Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2023
  • The Maryland Association of School Librarians says its collections are developed according to principles of intellectual freedom and include titles that meet the needs of diverse communities.
    Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Samizdat sustained a sphere of intellectual freedom that defied totalitarian control.
    David Satter, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021
  • The district’s core values are intellectual freedom, knowledge, inclusion, exploration, nurturing environment and stewardship.
    Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Becoming fighters for intellectual freedom and personal privacy improved librarians’ reputations, Christensen said.
    Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Sep. 2021

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