Example Sentences

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“I hope to have that open-mindedness in my 80s and 90s. What is a better path for open-mindedness than to read?”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Love, he went on, was an open-mindedness, a desire to know someone and witness them—a parental kind of love.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

To that end, he looks to assess a candidate’s open-mindedness through their general approach to his questions.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026

These often addressed the open-mindedness and freedom jazz requires, as in this snippet from drummer Billy Higgins: “We were of the attitude that music was music.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Even the most liberal ones who had spent a lifetime fighting racial and social injustice and who cherished the notion of open-mindedness drew the line at the Midland border.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger