How to Use laissez-faire in a Sentence
laissez-faire
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The Field Act was a striking new kind of law in a laissez-faire state.
—Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
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Perhaps one of the best — and more laissez-faire — ways to enjoy the tournament is to buy a grounds pass and hop around from court to court.
—Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
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Still, if there was a past laissez-faire attitude about Lemon, those days appear to be over.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Apr. 2023
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Children are catered for in a laissez-faire way, with a playground and zip wire, tennis court floating on a lake and a beamed attic filled with games.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023
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There’s a science to the seemingly laissez-faire act of sporting an oversize shirt.
—Erika Veurink, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2023
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The company has built an empire on low fees and a laissez-faire, all-traders-welcome culture.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2023
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The former group relishes the research; the latter loves the serendipity of a laissez-faire approach.
—Emilia Petrarca and Margot Dougherty, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2023
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That might be because of its laissez-faire approach to moderation; hate speech wasn’t banned from the site until 2020.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2024
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Young Israelis and American Jews came in droves over the past 15 years, fascinated by the city’s laissez-faire vibe, buzzing nightlife and low cost of living.
—Kirsten Grieshaber, ajc, 23 June 2023
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Young Israelis and American Jews came in droves over the past 15 years, fascinated by the city’s laissez-faire vibe, buzzing nightlife, and low cost of living.
—Kirsten Grieshaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2023
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Since the early days of her modeling career, Shayk, now 37, has maintained the same laissez-faire mindset about the opinions of others.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
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Yet the tone is decidedly modern, thanks in large part to Pine’s laissez-faire, ironic energy as the lute-playing Edgin, the bard of this tale.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
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Duff said policymakers cannot afford to take the same laissez-faire approach with AI.
—Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2024
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Or are business leaders too laissez-faire about the new technology?
—Byrachyl Jones, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2023
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The former is regulation-forward; the latter is laissez-faire.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 June 2023
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Alterations to the algorithm and a laissez-faire approach to moderation have lent X an air of sustained mayhem.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2024
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The company also had a laissez-faire attitude to moderating speech on the site, which sometimes landed it in hot water.
—Mike Isaac, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
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Recently, undone ‘French girl’ hair and its laissez-faire approach to styling almost made our hair dryers redundant.
—Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 2 July 2023
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Jimmy Buffett was best known for his loose, laidback songs, which were laced with mischief, and encouraged a laissez-faire lifestyle with humor and colorful imagery.
—Allison Hussey, Pitchfork, 2 Sep. 2023
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His pledge to remove zoning restrictions on house-building and speed up planning applications for major construction projects have a more laissez-faire bent.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
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In a recent interview, Schwertner said power plants built through SB 6 can work alongside Texas’ laissez-faire energy market.
—Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023
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This laissez-faire approach to seeding a garden can be used with any type of plant, including flowers, fruits, vegetables, and grasses, which sets it apart from similar trends such as meadowscaping.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2023
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The government-and-economics department had already sponsored a course called The Future of Capitalism, team-taught by colleagues whose views range from social-democratic to laissez-faire.
—Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024
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Florida, with its more laissez-faire approach, seemingly saw a less severe winter, prompting supporters to take something of a victory lap.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
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Anna North looks across the Atlantic and at the longtime phenomenon of American moms seeing their French counterparts as idyllic examples of parental laissez-faire and whether that’s a model to make parenting less stressful.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 4 June 2024
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The University of Pennsylvania heard about his laissez-faire view of attending classes and withdrew its acceptance.
—Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023
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Schumer, along with several Republican colleagues, say the federal government can no longer afford to be laissez-faire with tech companies.
—Time, 21 June 2023
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Grant’s laissez-faire attitude extended to the regular season.
—Ken Belson, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023
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Fourteen men arrived on the island in the summer of 1930, and under Watkins’s laissez-faire leadership approach, began spanning out in differing directions, hoping to cram as much as possible into the coming year.
—David James, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2023
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Politicians from both parties are clamoring to introduce new digital rules after the U.S. government has taken a largely laissez-faire approach to tech regulation over the last three decades.
—Will Oremus, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
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