Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for liberal. Search instead for biberach.
Definitions

liberal

[lib-er-uhl, lib-ruhl] / ˈlɪb ər əl, ˈlɪb rəl /






Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Dolores Huerta, the fiery and resolute activist who helped launch and guide the nation’s first enduring labor union for poor farmworkers and later became an inspiration to women and liberal true believers, has died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Later, during my brief stint in seminary — I dropped out to head to a liberal arts college after a semester — women sometimes joked about pursuing their “MRS. degrees.”

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

What is up for debate is its European inheritance: the judicial system, the liberal press, the officer class its founders built, and the old ties to the West.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Army Discharge Review Board had repeatedly denied my applications without considering legal guidance from the Secretary of Defense to give liberal consideration to veterans whose service-connected mental health conditions contributed to their misconduct.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Malcolm’s father was right: Lord Nugent had been lord chancellor, but that had been under a previous government, a more liberal body than the present one, and ruling at a more liberal time.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

Wendell Berry’s iconoclasm reminds both liberals and conservatives that neither camp has a monopoly on truth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

But for liberals and conservatives alike, there were other aims, too, including a high school and maybe even college degree, and a stable job to follow it.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

Five justices — Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, along with the three liberals — upheld the constitutionality of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

The Supreme Court agreed in a majority opinion penned by Chief Justice John Roberts that was joined by two other conservative justices and the three liberals on the top court.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

For many African American voters, the Populist approach was preferable to the paternalism of liberals.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander


Vocabulary lists containing liberal

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training