Thesaurus results for MIND-SETS

mind-sets

noun

plural of mind-set

as in attitudes

a particular way of thinking politicians trying to understand the mind-set of voters She had the mind-set of a champion.

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This week’s Pollwatcher looks at Americans’ attitudes and behaviors toward college education and highlights polls from two key House districts.

— Scott Clement, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
Governments from tiny Qatar and Kuwait to much larger Saudi Arabia and Algeria are navigating shifting attitudes around the role of women – while also confronting economic and employment challenges.

— Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2026

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My students are simultaneously cerebral readers and emotional ones, and those feelings can be at odds with each other, sometimes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
When prompted about what may happen in the future as more stations adopt AI hosts, DJ Coyotec generated an answer that sounded like empathy even though the bot has no feelings or control of what will happen in the future.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

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