How to Use laissez-faire in a Sentence

laissez-faire

noun

• The Field Act was a striking new kind of law in a laissez-faire state.
  — Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• Photo: Jeenah Moon The laissez-faire era of the city’s e-bike and moped boom might also be winding down.
  — Jesse Coburn, Curbed, 31 Jan. 2025
• Perhaps one of the best — and more laissez-faire — ways to enjoy the tournament is to buy a grounds pass and hop around from court to court.
  — Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• Still, if there was a past laissez-faire attitude about Lemon, those days appear to be over.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Apr. 2023
• Ahead of the film’s release, Benton told The Times about his more laissez-faire approach to filmmaking.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
• The effect should be laissez-faire, easy-breezy—but getting to that look isn’t as simple as twirling some fabric around your neck and heading out the door.
  — Erika Veurink, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2024
• Children are catered for in a laissez-faire way, with a playground and zip wire, tennis court floating on a lake and a beamed attic filled with games.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023
• There’s a science to the seemingly laissez-faire act of sporting an oversize shirt.
  — Erika Veurink, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2023
• The company has built an empire on low fees and a laissez-faire, all-traders-welcome culture.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2023
• The former group relishes the research; the latter loves the serendipity of a laissez-faire approach.
  — Emilia Petrarca and Margot Dougherty, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2023
• That might be because of its laissez-faire approach to moderation; hate speech wasn’t banned from the site until 2020.
  — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2024
• Young Israelis and American Jews came in droves over the past 15 years, fascinated by the city’s laissez-faire vibe, buzzing nightlife and low cost of living.
  — Kirsten Grieshaber, ajc, 23 June 2023
• Young Israelis and American Jews came in droves over the past 15 years, fascinated by the city’s laissez-faire vibe, buzzing nightlife, and low cost of living.
  — Kirsten Grieshaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2023
• Fortunately, for those in the United Kingdom, things are far more laissez-faire.
  — Fiona McCarthy, Air Mail, 3 May 2025
• Since the early days of her modeling career, Shayk, now 37, has maintained the same laissez-faire mindset about the opinions of others.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
• Hayek’s laissez-faire styling wasn’t contrived, either.
  — Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
• Most teams are pretty laissez-faire about that requirement.
  — C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 20 May 2025
• Either restaurants have been cleaning up their acts or summer brings out the laissez-faire in inspectors.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
• Yet the tone is decidedly modern, thanks in large part to Pine’s laissez-faire, ironic energy as the lute-playing Edgin, the bard of this tale.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• Duff said policymakers cannot afford to take the same laissez-faire approach with AI.
  — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2024
• Cowell new laissez-faire attitude has left him with few regrets.
  — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 10 June 2024
• Leadership styles can vary, from autocratic to laissez-faire, and each type sets a specific tone in the workplace.
  — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
• Or are business leaders too laissez-faire about the new technology?
  — Byrachyl Jones, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2023
• LeBron has taken more of a laissez-faire approach to media this season, likely due to everything with his son.
  — William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
• The irony with this laissez-faire attitude is that the talent who might help elevate these stories are no longer interested in being a part of them.
  — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Mar. 2025
• And yet, Simmons could showcase a laissez-faire attitude on defense.
  — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 19 June 2025
• The Pacers are a laissez-faire vortex of movement and tempo, which needs to be grounded in some defensive intensity to work.
  — Jared Weiss, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
• Michaels has changed his laissez-faire attitude toward substance abuse.
  — Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
• The former is regulation-forward; the latter is laissez-faire.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 June 2023
• Alterations to the algorithm and a laissez-faire approach to moderation have lent X an air of sustained mayhem.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2024