liberal

Example Sentences

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The best critic of liberal individualism is Tocqueville in Democracy in America.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

Big e-tailers can afford to offer liberal return policies, since they can absorb the cost more easily.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Ted Turner, the brash media mogul who created CNN and revolutionized how Americans watched television, and who wielded his media empire and wealth to pursue liberal global causes and land conservation, has died.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The post-Cold War “end of history” era, a term popularized by political scientist Francis Fukuyama in 1989, was built around the idea that liberal democracy and the U.S.-led order had triumphed, Reid said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

This was during my second semester at UC Berkeley, where I had enrolled as a liberal arts major and later changed to fine arts.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan