Recent Usage
Although the "Free World" had its origins in the Cold War, the phrase is still occasionally used after the end of the Cold War, as recently as the early 2010s.
Organizations such as Freedom House release a Freedom in the World report every year rating countries based on a scale of free to not-free.
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Famous quotes containing the word usage:
“I am using it [the word ‘perceive’] here in such a way that to say of an object that it is perceived does not entail saying that it exists in any sense at all. And this is a perfectly correct and familiar usage of the word.”
—A.J. (Alfred Jules)
“Girls who put out are tramps. Girls who don’t are ladies. This is, however, a rather archaic usage of the word. Should one of you boys happen upon a girl who doesn’t put out, do not jump to the conclusion that you have found a lady. What you have probably found is a lesbian.”
—Fran Lebowitz (b. 1951)