How to Use liberalize in a Sentence

liberalize

verb

• The country's immigration policies have begun to liberalize.
• Over the years, this bonus has been liberalized.
  — Tom Margenau, Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026
• While it’s gone up in the blue nation where voting right laws have been liberalized.
  — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 11 May 2023
• So far, state Democrats have lost in their push for a court ruling that would liberalize vote-by-mail.
  — Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2020
• Either way, an uncertain path awaits those who would like to liberalize the law.
  — Vanessa Gera, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2024
• In the first year or two of his rule, Bashar al-Assad liberalized.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Jan. 2025
• Brown bear seasons in Unit 13 have been liberalized as far as is able.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Dec. 2019
• Often, there is broad agreement between nations on the need to liberalize this trade.
  — Bloomberg.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• Some states moved quickly to liberalize hunting and trapping rules.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 15 July 2021
• Stambler fought back and led the effort to liberalize the county’s cottage-food rules.
  — Chris Edwards, National Review, 15 May 2021
• Offside laws should be liberalized to give greater advantage to the attacker.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
• All of this has led to a severe labor shortage, and liberalizing overtime laws is a good economic idea.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2018
• Some Wyoming hunt areas have already liberalized lion seasons and have yet to see results.
  — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
• The reshaping of global commerce comes as efforts to further liberalize trade have stalled.
  — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022
• While the United States is treading water, the rest of the world is acting quickly to liberalize trade.
  — Clark Packard, National Review, 11 Dec. 2019
• For better or worse, Russia’s attacks in Ukraine are giving lift to efforts to change and liberalize those laws.
  — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 3 July 2022
• What’s the total big number and who are the leaders in getting cash from the lobby that has persuaded lawmakers to liberalize the gun laws.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 June 2022
• The main issue appears to be how much to liberalize the rules under which people can sue police officers for violating their rights.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2021
• In 2024, there will be another chance for proponents to try to liberalize the church's teachings.
  — Sarah Maddox, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2023
• In 1991, the year India began to liberalize its economy, Adani caught his first big break.
  — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
• Dresser wants to use her free time to speak with clients and is optimistic that AI will continue to liberalize employees’ workflows.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 28 June 2024
• But some of those rules have changed in recent years, with the Sichuan province in the southwest of the country liberalizing those rules last year in a bid to improve fertility rates.
  — Michael Lee, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2023
• Certainly, the long-term impact of the IMF’s liberalizing reforms were bleak.
  — Sven Van Mourik, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
• As part of his plan to overhaul the kingdom’s oil-dependent economy, the prince, with the backing of his father, the king, is also seeking to liberalize its society.
  — Nicolas Parasie, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2017
• Despite the country’s steep decline, the government has refused to carry out market reforms to liberalize its economy.
  — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
• Remember, too, that many people, all over the world, expected China to liberalize — to become more like Hong Kong.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 July 2021
• This is the engagement policy we were told would eventually liberalize Russia—and China—by tying it to the free world.
  — Garry Kasparov, WSJ, 16 May 2022
• San Francisco did liberalize outdoor workouts in mid-June, so Karraker got the idea of pushing his gym outside.
  — Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com, 27 June 2020
• After a few years living in Salt Lake City, Saxton’s faith, and politics, began to liberalize.
  — Emily Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Sep. 2021
• The Hong Kong government’s move to liberalize its rules around cryptocurrencies is in contrast to markets elsewhere in Asia.
  — Elaine Yu, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2022