How to Use laissez-faire in a Sentence

laissez-faire

noun

• But that same laissez-faire logic doesn’t quite hold when the setting shifts.
  — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 19 July 2026
• The Field Act was a striking new kind of law in a laissez-faire state.
  — Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• Cowell new laissez-faire attitude has left him with few regrets.
  — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 10 June 2024
• Still, if there was a past laissez-faire attitude about Lemon, those days appear to be over.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Apr. 2023
• Michaels has changed his laissez-faire attitude toward substance abuse.
  — Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
• The company has built an empire on low fees and a laissez-faire, all-traders-welcome culture.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2023
• There’s a science to the seemingly laissez-faire act of sporting an oversize shirt.
  — Erika Veurink, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2023
• 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
• Or are business leaders too laissez-faire about the new technology?
  — Byrachyl Jones, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2023
• The apes’ close relatives, bonobos, however, were more laissez-faire and rarely stepped in.
  — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 10 May 2026
• 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
• Prince Charming aims to overthrow Shrek as heir to the throne, which the laissez-faire ogre doesn’t even want in the first place.
  — Skyler Trepel September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• Or, for a more laissez-faire gardening style, let the vines ramble and scramble over your shrubs and perennials.
  — Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 13 July 2026
• Florida hasn’t always taken such a laissez-faire approach to its school choice program.
  — Kendall Deas, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
• 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, 15 Dec. 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
• But the singer herself adopted a laissez-faire attitude toward the milestone.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
• Spicoli remains as laissez-faire as ever, cool, care-free and unbothered by the teacher who presses him.
  — Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
• And yet, Simmons could showcase a laissez-faire attitude on defense.
  — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 12 June 2026
• Lest anyone feared a laissez-faire approach, Hamp quickly proved otherwise.
  — Matthew Scogin, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
• This laissez-faire capitalist approach to waste management comes with risks.
  — Literary Hub, 8 July 2026
• 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
• Fortunately, for those in the United Kingdom, things are far more laissez-faire.
  — Fiona McCarthy, Air Mail, 3 May 2025
• But Trump has gone from being somewhat laissez-faire about data in his first term to being obsessed with data in his second term.
  — Fergus McIntosh, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
• The former is regulation-forward; the latter is laissez-faire.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 June 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
• But those with coily hair can also snip a few singular curls and separate them with their fingers to get the same laissez-faire, unbothered look.
  — Loren Savini, Allure, 10 Jan. 2026
• Duff said policymakers cannot afford to take the same laissez-faire approach with AI.
  — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2024
• For a more laissez-faire tasting experience, rent an e-bike and cycle the rolling hills through East Kelowna.
  — Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2026
• 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