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Policymakers who want to avoid freedom-limiting measures in boosting fertility rates must develop a framework that affirms both individual autonomy and the societal value of family life.
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Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Medicine has understood it for some time now, but what crept in was social commentary, a societal bias that questions whether pleasure matters for women.
—Alice Park, Time, 16 Dec. 2025
In a podcast interview with Patrick Bet-David, Rousseau – who readily brings up the racial and societal theories of philosophers stretching back centuries – was asked his view on Adolf Hitler.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
To prepare young people to grapple with complex societal issues, the National Academy of Education has called for classrooms where students learn to engage in civic discourse across subject areas.
—Niral Shah, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Medicine has understood it for some time now, but what crept in was social commentary, a societal bias that questions whether pleasure matters for women.
—Alice Park, Time, 16 Dec. 2025
In a podcast interview with Patrick Bet-David, Rousseau – who readily brings up the racial and societal theories of philosophers stretching back centuries – was asked his view on Adolf Hitler.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
To prepare young people to grapple with complex societal issues, the National Academy of Education has called for classrooms where students learn to engage in civic discourse across subject areas.
—Niral Shah, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for societal
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“Societal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/societal. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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