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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

His restructuring and openness — perestroika and glasnost — of the late 1980s led to the dismantling of the Soviet Union and, peacefully and fleetingly, brought a divided Europe together in liberty.

From New York Times Aug. 6, 2023

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

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

The old system — the party and state that shaped his life and that he had led to glasnost and perestroika — was now dead.

From Washington Post Aug. 30, 2022




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