How to Use laissez-faire in a Sentence

laissez-faire

noun

• The Field Act was a striking new kind of law in a laissez-faire state.
  — Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• 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
• Still, if there was a past laissez-faire attitude about Lemon, those days appear to be over.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Apr. 2023
• The effect should be laissez-faire, easy-breezy—but getting to that look isn’t as simple as twirling some fabric around your neck and heading out the door.
  — Erika Veurink, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2024
• 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
• There’s a science to the seemingly laissez-faire act of sporting an oversize shirt.
  — Erika Veurink, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2023
• The company has built an empire on low fees and a laissez-faire, all-traders-welcome culture.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Duff said policymakers cannot afford to take the same laissez-faire approach with AI.
  — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2024
• Cowell new laissez-faire attitude has left him with few regrets.
  — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 10 June 2024
• Leadership styles can vary, from autocratic to laissez-faire, and each type sets a specific tone in the workplace.
  — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
• Or are business leaders too laissez-faire about the new technology?
  — Byrachyl Jones, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2023
• The Pacers are a laissez-faire vortex of movement and tempo, which needs to be grounded in some defensive intensity to work.
  — Jared Weiss, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
• Michaels has changed his laissez-faire attitude toward substance abuse.
  — Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
• The former is regulation-forward; the latter is laissez-faire.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 June 2023
• 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
• Another question is how much success the more laissez-faire members of Trump’s circle, like Elon Musk, have in shaping policy.
  — David Leonhardt, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
• Lest anyone feared a laissez-faire approach, Hamp quickly proved otherwise.
  — Matthew Scogin, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
• 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
• Recently, undone ‘French girl’ hair and its laissez-faire approach to styling almost made our hair dryers redundant.
  — Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 2 July 2023
• 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
• Lawyers, advocates and researchers alike say this laissez-faire judicial culture is the product of crushing caseloads, sparse resources and a shallow pool of guardians willing to take the most challenging cases.
  — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 8 Aug. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 25 Feb 2025