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liberal

[lib-er-uhl, lib-ruhl] / ˈlɪb ər əl, ˈlɪb rəl /






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As health minister in 2020, Spahn had rejected calls by the liberal FDP for the ban to be relaxed.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Like the book’s Faye, Knoll went to a private liberal arts college.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Referring to David Pecker, the then-publisher of the National Enquirer, Bezos said: “He probably hates me. He probably thinks I’m a left coast liberal, and I’m not,” according to a recording reviewed by the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

The Society of Saint Pius X comprises fundamentalist Catholics who strongly oppose the liberal reforms imposed by the Vatican II Council in the 1960s.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

It underpinned the more difficult “quadrivium”—arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy— that students went on to learn; all seven subjects taken in toto being the so-called liberal arts.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Five justices — Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, along with the three liberals — upheld the constitutionality of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause.

From Salon Jul. 1, 2026

Justice Elena Kagan, who was joined by the two other liberals on the court and three conservatives, wrote the majority opinion.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

This doesn’t mean conservatives and liberals will agree in practice.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

In 1973, Tom Bradley became L.A.’s. first Black mayor by assembling Black, Jewish, white and Latino liberals into a coalition that ended decades of conservative white rule at City Hall.

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2026

Then he gazed at the people gathered around him: liberals and conservatives, blacks and whites, men and women, middle-class and poor.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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