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as in open
willing to consider new or different ideas
all I ask is that you try to be open-minded when we present our suggestions
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as in liberal
not bound by traditional ways or beliefs
younger people are often more open-minded on social and political issues
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Recent Examples of open-minded
The Chicago Historical Society hasn’t always been so open-minded.
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Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024
But the museum is thoroughly professional, innovative, open-minded and adventurous.
—Alex Golden, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
On the other side of the ideological divide are Cardinal Tedesco (Sergio Castellitto), a fierce critic of the late pope who thinks the church has become too open-minded, and Cardinal Adeyemi (Lucian Msamati), who believes gay people should be condemned to prison, then hell.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
The captains stayed open-minded to the coaches’ feedback and demands, which contributed to a productive troubleshooting process that — for the time being anyway — seems to have gotten the offense unlocked.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 26 Oct. 2024
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Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024
But the museum is thoroughly professional, innovative, open-minded and adventurous.
—Alex Golden, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
On the other side of the ideological divide are Cardinal Tedesco (Sergio Castellitto), a fierce critic of the late pope who thinks the church has become too open-minded, and Cardinal Adeyemi (Lucian Msamati), who believes gay people should be condemned to prison, then hell.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
The captains stayed open-minded to the coaches’ feedback and demands, which contributed to a productive troubleshooting process that — for the time being anyway — seems to have gotten the offense unlocked.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 26 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for open-minded
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Washington could’ve been sharper on that possession — Jayden Daniels missed an open receiver on a crosser one play before the Ekeler drop.Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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So Nancy Pelosi is upset that there wasn’t an open primary.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Studies by both the liberal Brennan Center for Justice and the libertarian Cato Institute have found there is almost no evidence of noncitizen voting.Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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However, the newer study did not confirm any consistent association between liberal ideology and the anterior cingulate cortex size.Paul Hsieh, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Some critics back home were less receptive to the speech, which some local media covered from afar.Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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The core of this argument is one that is finding receptive audiences, especially in states where voters might not love Harris but are susceptible to the suggestion that the United States needs to move past the chaos of the Trump years.Philip Elliott, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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The gap in votes cast by the mayor’s critics and her supporters could be seen as a kind of backlash to progressive politics in one of California’s most diverse cities.Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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At least this one tilts a bit more progressive: The Recording Academy’s yearslong project to expand and diversify its membership seems to be paying off, with a younger and especially more women-heavy slate this year (just don’t look at the rock categories).Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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In his view, modern artists weren’t educated or broad-minded enough to break new ground.Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Yes, Trump contradicted the business establishment on trade and immigration, and some Republican legislators have criticized corporations for being too broad-minded on social issues.Timothy Noah, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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This unconventional column is based on value pluralism — the idea that each of us has multiple values that are equally valid but that often conflict with each other.Sigal Samuel, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
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Reisman was known to be unconventional in the sport, yet won two U.S. Men’s Singles Championships in 1958 and 1960 and more than 20 international and national titles.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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The movie’s true set pieces are the professorial villain’s ostentatious monologues using fast food, musical plagiarism, and Monopoly as metaphors to point out how modern religions are just conspicuous iterations of what’s come before.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Second, the refusal to see how profoundly distasteful so much of modern liberalism has become to so much of America.Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Assassinations can also elevate more radical or more effective leaders.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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This makes Godot feel like a free-flowing, creative instrument users share and improve together as a radical hacker collective.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Open-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open-minded. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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