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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026
Booker Lightman, 30, a software engineer in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, who identifies politically as a libertarian Republican, said the shortage of housing has been a leading problem in his state.
—Josh Boak, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026
David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Bryan previously described himself as a libertarian and declared that his music wasn't political.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Even the conservative libertarian Cato Institute has weighed in against proof of citizenship laws.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026
Booker Lightman, 30, a software engineer in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, who identifies politically as a libertarian Republican, said the shortage of housing has been a leading problem in his state.
—Josh Boak, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
Davis, a staunch libertarian, is one of the company’s steadfast defenders.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Bryan previously described himself as a libertarian and declared that his music wasn't political.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for libertarian
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Iran’s opposition spans a wide gamut—reformist, republican, and monarchist; domestic and international.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
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The republican primary base has too much hate in their hearts to elect people who actually want to solve problems.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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The protagonist of A Love Story is a lover boy, a libertine, a gossip, a flirt.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
4 Dec. 2025
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The libertines will begin the film in suits.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But Indra Hang Subba, a parliamentary legislator from Sikkim, says such delays are inherent to India's democratic system.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
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Currently, there's no democratic counterweight.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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Take a representative poster from 1938.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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Schools have to administer a standardized test that compares a student’s performance with a representative national sample, such as the Iowa Assessments or ACT.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Libertarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/libertarian. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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