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Recent Examples of open-minded Being patient and open-minded EliteCircle isn’t for everyone. Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 3 June 2025 For the open-minded, the best could be yet to come. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2025 Last week, Antetokounmpo turned heads as it was revealed that the two-time MVP is 'open-minded' to a trade. Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025 The intention here is to take an open-minded look at AI as a creative tool, rather than a replacement of the artist, examining models that will keep artists in the driver’s seat. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for open-minded
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Adjective
  • The full-mesh rooftop offers free-breathing ventilation and open views of the sparkling night sky.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 July 2025
  • Kids who followed in their families’ footsteps had an opportunity to learn open outcry trading and forge their own careers had opportunities when college may not have been an option.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
Adjective
  • Not surprisingly, the court’s conservative supermajority upheld the Tennessee law by a 6-3 vote, with the trio of more liberal justices dissenting.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 July 2025
  • For those of us in the trenches of X, the meltdown was a familiar sight, echoing the contempt that the tech elite have directed at San Francisco for years, with the endless lamentations of anarchy at pharmacy branches in Union Square or the liberal policies of politicians like Aaron Peskin.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • Bailey and Johansson, both in excellent form, inject a lot of charm into the evolving rapport between these two opposites — one an idealistic science guy, the other a swaggering combat vet who nonetheless is receptive to Henry’s misgivings about the ethics of the ParkerGenix plan.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2025
  • Some conservatives and the Trump White House are receptive to the argument that an extension of tax cuts should not be deemed an automatic addition to deficits.
    Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • Mamdani, who espouses more progressive socialist-leaning views, wants to make New York City more affordable for all, paid for through more taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Despite representing a team that finished 11th in the most recent Liga F season, Jacinto finished in the top 10 for progressive passes (third, with 238), key passes (joint eighth, with 49), passes into the final third (fifth, with 221), and passes into the penalty area (seventh, with 43).
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Intelligent, beautiful, 18 to 25, broad-minded, sensitive, affectionate.
    Adrienne Raphel, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The early detection of viral RNA in wild bird droppings, sometimes preceding official poultry outbreaks, suggests that unconventional surveillance in these biologically rich but infrastructurally sparse areas could play a larger role in pandemic risk mitigation.
    John Drake, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • Now, in the weeks after its unconventional 22nd anniversary celebration, the label is set to launch one of its biggest — and most personal — compilations yet.
    Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • And Sánchez, who styles himself a modern, progressive man, surely knew how coarse and sexist these men were.
    Gina Montaner, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
  • The sandals had a sleek, modern and striking appearance due to their vibrant color and minimalist design.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • True love for this country has become rarer today, and in fact, radical hatred has become more common.
    Linda McMahon, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2025
  • Student activists and radical thinkers were desperate to reform and strengthen China.
    Emily Feng, NPR, 5 July 2025

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“Open-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open-minded. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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