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Recent Examples of liberation Everyone seems to agree that happiness, or at least liberation, is the noblest goal. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 June 2025 Feelings of liberation and despondency clashed in Nguyen-Amigo’s chest like a head-on collision. Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 20 June 2025 The technology that threatens to enslave us also holds the key to deeper liberation. Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 This quest was not solely for the liberation of William Craft, the Black man. Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for liberation
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emancipation
Noun
  • After Texans learned of emancipation on June 19, 1865, two developments changed the shape of the city: The rise of freedom colonies of independent, land-owning African Americans during the 1860s and '70s, as well as the arrival of the first railroad from Houston on Christmas Day, 1871.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • But as a marker of emancipation, the day has carried significance for over a century, ever since Union troops rode into Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, and declared freedom for all the men, women and children still shackled by slavery.
    Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 21 June 2025

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“Liberation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberation. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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