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Recent Examples of broad-minded Liberal means generous, broad-minded, tolerant, worldly, seeking acculturation and education, and using government to aid collective human flourishing. Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025 Plus, a lot of social policies that many Californians consider beneficent and broad-minded that, to put it mildly, others around the country consider much less so. Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025 Instead of articulating a compelling vision that could spark a broad-minded counterpunch to narrow-minded populism, Newsom has taken an oddly defeatist course in his first podcasts. Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025 Jewish groups that are more broad-minded and sensible reacted with concern over the fate of the hostages and revulsion at the entire idea. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025 The poet Robert Frost once said that a liberal is someone too broad-minded to take his own side in a fight. Rich Lowry, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 Zweig is characteristically perceptive on the subject: Obviously, a week after Hitler had come to power the idea of monstrous events such as the burning and public execration of books, to become fact a few months later, was still beyond the comprehension of broad-minded people. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Nov. 2024 Intelligent, beautiful, 18 to 25, broad-minded, sensitive, affectionate. Adrienne Raphel, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broad-minded
Adjective
  • Since the release of ChatGPT, in 2022, colleges and universities have been engaged in an experiment to discover whether artificially intelligent chatbots and the liberal-arts tradition can coexist.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The one-two punch aims to put Republicans on notice and sends a political message to the Democrats’ liberal base — which was furious after Schumer helped usher an earlier spending bill into law — that party leaders are united, at least for a moment, and itching for a fight.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There are a few elements still in the works, including a spa and the soon-to-open Sycamore House, a board-and-batten structure that will include eight additional guest rooms.
    Degen Pener, HollywoodReporter, 13 Sep. 2025
  • This area of open magnetic fields more easily releases charged particles into space.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Mynatts are among the rising ranks of parents and caregivers frustrated by one-size-fits-all schooling who are seeking something more aligned with their values and viewpoints—whether progressive or conservative.
    Kerry McDonald, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In the 1990s, Bill was decades of biblical study away from that progressive stance.
    Sam Gillette, People.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In timber stands, larger dead and down material remained receptive and contributed to fire spread where aligned with topography, particularly at the confluence of Dinky Creek and Bear Creek on the northern flank.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • With global tensions running high, TIFF audiences appeared especially receptive to films embracing levity and escapism.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Information operations and psychological warfare are a key component of modern war — and arguably nowhere is this truer than in the Israel-Islamist conflict.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Watch a modern student tackle an assignment.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Many current host parents once participated as students themselves, and local youth who have traveled to Amakusa return as confident, open-minded leaders at home.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Come prepared, but be open-minded The key to a successful car purchase is to know your options before arriving at a dealership.
    Jamie L. LaReau, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There is immense comfort in shared failure; there is immense career risk in an unconventional success that cannot be easily explained to a board.
    Benjamin D. Summers, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And at last week’s Davis Cup qualifiers, an even weirder extension of the unconventional serve made a high-profile appearance.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s something radical about physical community.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In this, Castro not only gestures at the social crisis that’s driving so many men toward radical ideas but also helps explain its causes and repercussions.
    Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Broad-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broad-minded. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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