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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
This means Axios needs to deepen its relationship with our core readers AND look for new ways to engage open-minded readers elsewhere.
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Jim Vandehei, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
That leaves patients scrambling to find doctors who are open-minded and confident enough to experiment with different medications.
—Farah Aziz Annesha, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025
The Phillies, their president of baseball operations said, had to be open-minded about roster changes.
—Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Truth be told, there wasn’t much of the nearly three-and-a-half-hour Peacock telecast that would have counted as a hate-watch for the average open-minded viewer, with the vast majority of the multiple-generation-spanning artists acquitting themselves.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
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Jim Vandehei, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
That leaves patients scrambling to find doctors who are open-minded and confident enough to experiment with different medications.
—Farah Aziz Annesha, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025
The Phillies, their president of baseball operations said, had to be open-minded about roster changes.
—Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Truth be told, there wasn’t much of the nearly three-and-a-half-hour Peacock telecast that would have counted as a hate-watch for the average open-minded viewer, with the vast majority of the multiple-generation-spanning artists acquitting themselves.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for open-minded
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While the couple has shared an abundance of joyous moments over the course of their 16 years together, in recent years Emma has been open about their family's journey in navigating Bruce's diagnosis of aphasia that has since progressed into frontotemporal dementia.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Have an open conversation about what’s safe to share online and what to do if something makes your child uncomfortable.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
21 Mar. 2025
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Teenagers in our study who disapproved of Trump were more likely to be female and Latino, Black or Asian, to have politically liberal parents, and to have parents or grandparents who were immigrants.—
Laura Wray-Lake,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2025
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Asheville, where the forum was held, is liberal, but the district overall is so Republican that the national Democratic Party did little to help impressive nominees in the last three elections.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2025
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The protest, which lined both sides of the major Arden Arcade thoroughfare just outside the city of Sacramento, seemed to find a largely receptive audience of drivers.—
Nathaniel Levine,
Sacramento Bee,
9 Mar. 2025
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Hobbs released details of her Proposition 123 renewal plan, and unlike her with previous proposal, some GOP lawmakers were receptive.—
Jeremy Duda,
Axios,
7 Mar. 2025
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Moskowitz has the lowest rating of any Florida Democrat in scoring by Progressive Punch, which produces a database of congressional voting records from a progressive perspective.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2025
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Sinema also noted progressive leader Rep. Pramila Jayapal's (D-Wash.) demands for Schumer to filibuster.—
Justin Green,
Axios,
15 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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Sequences like the ambulance chase recall the heyday of Jerry Bruckheimer and Joel Silver movies, which Berk and Olsen tried to emulate while putting their own spin on the genre via the film’s unconventional protagonist.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2025
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His unconventional style and ventures (e.g., X Corp, SpaceX) and track record of turning ambitious ideas into reality is remarkable.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2025
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All interiors have been gut-renovated and tastefully restored with stylish and comfortable contemporary furnishings with clean lines, natural materials, and an appealing mix of Scandinavian and mid-century modern sensibilities.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Even though our grandparents wouldn’t have dreamt of cooking bacon in anything other than their cast-iron skillets, modern Southerners have their own ideas about the best ways to cook bacon.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2025
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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
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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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“Open-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open-minded. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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