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as in tolerance
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as in receptivity
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for open-mindedness
Noun
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Ensure their philosophy aligns with your goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025 -
Dear Abby: My husband dedicated his book to a stranger and didn’t even mention me GENTLE READER: Rather than testing everyone’s kindness and tolerance too much — including your own tolerance for your neighbors — Miss Manners would like to focus on a different virtue: responsibility.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, employees may misinterpret a company’s focus on metrics as indifference to their personal growth.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Instead, Butler acted out with indifference toward the Heat season to the degree that he was suspended by the Heat three times without pay before being dealt to the Warriors at the Feb. 6 NBA trading deadline.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2025
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With gleaming new infrastructure and a zeal for technological progress lacking in the United States, these regions show that the West is no longer exceptional in its embrace of progress, contrary to what Maine once posited.—
Zachariah Mampilly,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Apr. 2025
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Well, the state’s zeal to kill Zeigler has now spanned five decades.—
Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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She will be remembered for her imaginative spirit, her pioneering role in supernatural fiction, and her generosity, warmth and heart, both on and off the page.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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The warmth between the three leads is believable and although the tendency to have Lane, Bomer and Graham break into choreographed song and dance routines for episodic climaxes quickly feels lazy, a cold open homage to Chicago produced my biggest laugh of the 10-episode season.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2025
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The enormous canyon walls, with all their layers, radiate golden exuberance when the sun hits them, with travelers recommending locations like the South Rim or Mather Point to watch the sun go down.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Mar. 2025
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Public market skepticism versus private market exuberance.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Open-mindedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open-mindedness. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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