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Recent Examples of broad-minded Instead of articulating a compelling vision that could spark a broad-minded counterpunch to narrow-minded populism, Newsom has taken an oddly defeatist course in his first podcasts. Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025 Jewish groups that are more broad-minded and sensible reacted with concern over the fate of the hostages and revulsion at the entire idea. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025 The poet Robert Frost once said that a liberal is someone too broad-minded to take his own side in a fight. Rich Lowry, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 Intelligent, beautiful, 18 to 25, broad-minded, sensitive, affectionate. Adrienne Raphel, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024 Zweig is characteristically perceptive on the subject: Obviously, a week after Hitler had come to power the idea of monstrous events such as the burning and public execration of books, to become fact a few months later, was still beyond the comprehension of broad-minded people. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Nov. 2024 In his view, modern artists weren’t educated or broad-minded enough to break new ground. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024 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 Omitted from the weekend’s broad-minded lineup was Blake Bailey, its author. Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broad-minded
Adjective
  • Kaul’s case was initially assigned to Judge Susan Crawford, Schimel’s liberal opponent in the high-stakes Supreme Court election.
    Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Crawford is backed by a wide range of Democrats, including the liberal justices who hold a 4-3 majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court and former President Obama.
    Scott Bauer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • She’s been open about her five- to seven-year journey to have her first child.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Related Articles The competition for the award was open to students from the Bunka Fashion College, Tokyo Mode Gakuen and ESMOD Tokyo.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • California voters further reversed progressive policies by passing Proposition 36, which enhances penalties for theft and drug offenses.
    Carson Becker, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Alon-Lee Green, the founding co-director of Standing Together, a progressive grassroots movement, told CNN that young people aren’t at fault for the extremist attitudes that are dividing wider Israeli society.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • And catchers often are receptive to extensions, knowing the open market rarely is kind to players at their position.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • But there was one important reason why the city council of San Pedro might have been receptive to the idea of a prophylaxis fair.
    Laura Gómez, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Kim said unmanned control and AI capability must be the top priorities in modern arms development.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • In early January, work finally restarted at the New Mestalla stadium in Valencia and a modern, 70,074-seater ground is now slated to be completed by 2027.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This can help with: • Employer Competitiveness: People want to join organizations that are open-minded.
    Amareen Dhaliwal, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The narrative about Kurds implementing multi-ethnic, feminist, and open-minded governing systems in Iraq and Syria, allied with the West in the fight against ISIS, is untrue.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Across sports and eras, there are too many examples of athletes with ‘unconventional’ form succeeding for ‘good form’ — whatever that is — to be truly necessary.
    Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Barnes had an unconventional approach to art collecting, particularly through his focus on juxtaposing fine art with decorative pieces.
    Meredith Wolf Schizer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • For those unfamiliar with the series, Severance is an Apple TV+ drama set in a near-future where employees undergo a radical procedure to split their memories between work and personal life.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • So the Terriers coaching staff approached him with a radical idea: why not try shooting them underhanded?
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Broad-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broad-minded. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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