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laissez-faire

[les-ey fair, le-sey fer] / ˌlɛs eɪ ˈfɛər, lɛ seɪ ˈfɛr /


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“Martinez has this laissez faire, savoir-vivre à la française, a little bit leisure from the ’30s, from the golden days,” Cottray, 64, said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

At the same time, the half-century long laissez faire regulatory environment of the U.S. is ending.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

There’s a certain live-and-let-live, laissez faire quality to eating like this.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2024

And it’s because of this remoteness and laissez faire attitude that people also come here to dump dogs they no longer want.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2024

Anarchism carries the administrative laissez faire of Marx to its logical extremity.

From New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)




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