laissez-faire
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Concerns over this phenomenon have upended the White House’s AI strategy, and caused it to re-evaluate its laissez-faire approach to AI development.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The suits filed Thursday represents a culmination of the CFTC’s shift from a laissez-faire approach to sports prediction markets to a full throated defense of them.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
It’s a get-in-where-you-fit-in or get-edged-all-the-way-out kind of city, wherein a deceptively laissez-faire game of musical chairs can determine your fate.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
Taking a laissez-faire attitude toward information and financial transactions could be a very big mistake.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025
By 1966, the warders had adopted a laissez-faire attitude: we could talk as much as we wanted as long as we worked.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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