freethinking

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Adjective
  • Part of a wave of dissident departures, Carvajal’s defection was akin to a dam breaking, then-US Senator Marco Rubio said at the time.
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The government has blamed the attacks on the Jaime Martínez faction, a dissident group of the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, operating in the region that did not adhere to the peace accord signed with the state in 2016.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • However, are there couples who made nontraditional relationships permanent?
    Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
  • With state-of-the-art technical expertise and mastering of materials, this opened Bulgari up to the world of further exploring nontraditional jewelry materials.
    Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • As a performer, these characters are out-there.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
  • That’s why the wake is such an out-there sequence.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Massie’s campaign had erected a large tent there, in anticipation that a big crowd would flock to hear perhaps the most outspoken and iconoclastic Republican in Congress.
    Joshua Green, Bloomberg, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Phillippe, who has a multi-year deal, will star as a brilliant, iconoclastic detective who moves to Nashville from New York.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Board member Renee Paschall cast the lone dissenting vote on the final package.
    Elizabeth Sander, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The document runs to more than a hundred and fifty pages, and for each question there are affirmative and dissenting studies, as well as some that indicate mixed results.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 3 June 2022
Adjective
  • The two academic institutions each are known for progressive, free-spirited students, a lack of traditional grades, and opportunities for students to design their own course of study.
    Leah Willingham, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Morgan plays Andre Voss-Emerson, a free-spirited Silicon Valley playboy who has secretly loved supermodel Clara Murphy (Von Schwarz) since high school — just never out loud.
    Peter White, Deadline, 13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • When personal finance tips resonate with a viewers’ values, everyday financial decision-making can become colored with politics and nonconformist sentiments.
    Maximilian Brichta, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
  • With nonconformist narration and characteristic whimsy, her work offers us a space to wonder and reflect in a fraught time.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The design was by aviation legend Burt Rutan, known for his bold and often maverick creations.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Sinema has modeled her political approach on the maverick style of the late Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who alienated the grassroots of his party by sometimes crossing the aisle to work with Democrats.
    Time, Time, 23 Jan. 2023
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“Freethinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freethinking. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.

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