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laissez-faire

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


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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

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

“The question is whether he continues with a more laissez-faire approach in terms of prediction market innovation or whether there is a more comprehensive framework in the back of his mind,” Kim says.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

Taking a laissez-faire attitude toward information and financial transactions could be a very big mistake.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025

Appealing though this laissez-faire undoubtedly was, especially for amateur musicians, it resulted in instrumental music that did not make great demands on players, their instruments, or indeed composers.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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