degree of freedom
noun phrase
1
: any of a limited number of ways in which a body may move or in which a dynamic system may change
2
: one of the capabilities of a statistic for variation of which there are as many as the number of unrestricted and independent variables determining its value
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Most American kids don’t have anything close to this degree of freedom.
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Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 29 June 2025
Solar Power’s acoustic shampoo-commercial pop signified a degree of freedom from the usual rueful, bookish synth-pop grind.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
What about the future of Black Mirror? There’s a degree of freedom within the format.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
Still, in Soviet academia, education, even the legal system—when cases concerned criminal and civil matters that had no political implications—a degree of freedom and professionalism existed that is disappearing under the current Mafia-like state.
—Gregory Feifer, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2016
Moreover, the end of U.S. dependence on overseas energy supplies—and on the producer countries with which Washington has often had prickly relations—will grant the United States a greater degree of freedom in pursuing its grand strategy.
—Robert D. Blackwill, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
Unlike the letters inked on a typewriter’s paper substrate, the text displayed on word processors obeys a different metaphysics, thus conferring a much higher degree of freedom.
—Sheon Han, WIRED, 9 May 2023
Video looks great and the advanced modes give you an incredible degree of freedom to make adjustments afterward.
—PCMAG, 27 Sep. 2024
To amass this staggering degree of freedom to maneuver, Putin and his cronies exploited a number of weaknesses in the British system.
—Philip Zelikow, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020
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Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 29 June 2025
Solar Power’s acoustic shampoo-commercial pop signified a degree of freedom from the usual rueful, bookish synth-pop grind.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
What about the future of Black Mirror? There’s a degree of freedom within the format.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
Still, in Soviet academia, education, even the legal system—when cases concerned criminal and civil matters that had no political implications—a degree of freedom and professionalism existed that is disappearing under the current Mafia-like state.
—Gregory Feifer, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2016
Moreover, the end of U.S. dependence on overseas energy supplies—and on the producer countries with which Washington has often had prickly relations—will grant the United States a greater degree of freedom in pursuing its grand strategy.
—Robert D. Blackwill, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
Unlike the letters inked on a typewriter’s paper substrate, the text displayed on word processors obeys a different metaphysics, thus conferring a much higher degree of freedom.
—Sheon Han, WIRED, 9 May 2023
Video looks great and the advanced modes give you an incredible degree of freedom to make adjustments afterward.
—PCMAG, 27 Sep. 2024
To amass this staggering degree of freedom to maneuver, Putin and his cronies exploited a number of weaknesses in the British system.
—Philip Zelikow, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020
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“Degree of freedom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/degree%20of%20freedom. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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