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glasnost

[glaz-nost, glahz‑, glahs-nuhst] / ˈglæz nɒst, ˈglɑz‑, ˈglɑs nəst /


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Despite such inscrutability, Greenspan initiated a decadeslong glasnost at the central bank, pulling back the curtain on the Fed’s mystique.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

It was the era of glasnost and perestroika.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2024

By that time, Khrushchev had been dead for 19 years, and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had ushered in a period of glasnost, or openness.

From Washington Post Feb. 10, 2023

He was 91 and had largely been out of circulation since his power slipped away after the heady Soviet years of glasnost and perestroika.

From New York Times Dec. 29, 2022

Mikhail Gorbachev’s efforts to strengthen the Soviet Union through perestroika and glasnost proved unsuccessful.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022




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