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Recent Examples of open-minded In other words, anyone open-minded enough to set aside popular preconceptions about the genre really can find their perfect match. Karen Ostergren, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025 Despite the genre's themes, horror fans describe their community as kind, open-minded, and welcoming. Eve Chen, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025 This shows that parents might be more open-minded to the idea of their children moving further away, weighing other factors like cost, academics, and security. De Elizabeth, Parents, 1 Oct. 2025 More than 70 percent of the participants were identified as being open-minded, conscientious, and emotionally stable. Alyssa Ages, Outside, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for open-minded
Recent Examples of Synonyms for open-minded
Adjective
  • From fuzzy open-toe slip-ons to orthopedic slides with extra arch support, there’s an affordable gift in here for everyone.
    Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Now the wetlands, woods, wildflower meadows and river views, which are managed and protected by River Fields conservancy, are open for the public to enjoy from dawn to dusk.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The actress has been a lifelong supporter of liberal and progressive causes, from transgender rights to electing more women to political office.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Mellon, who once supported liberal social initiatives, later shifted toward conservative views, expressing criticism of large federal welfare programs.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This, along with the seemingly receptive response from IMP regarding the petition, could set the stage for a relatively amicable organizing process.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Beyond that, indications are that Ross’ family is receptive to owning and running the team at some point.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Hamida’s decision not to go to India comes with the recognition that the return of thousands of abducted women to their families wasn’t an indication that society was suddenly progressive.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The actress has been a lifelong supporter of liberal and progressive causes, from transgender rights to electing more women to political office.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
Adjective
  • The combination of a conservative politician with a rock-and-roll past — Japan’s first female prime minister behind a drum kit and once on a bike — has helped shape her public image as both disciplined and unconventional.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • OpenAI has unconventional roots.
    Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The cropped, slim fit gives it a modern shape that layers cleanly under blazers or coats.
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The franchise fired its modern star Melissa Barrera over posts in support of Palestine.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • These more radical communities are heavily fragmented yet increasingly popular.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Today, as a government shutdown darkens our national museums and the National Endowment for the Humanities is gutted, the danger is no longer a matter of rhetoric but of radical, systemic action.
    Andrew Weinstein, Time, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Open-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open-minded. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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