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But despite alarmist predictions of AI overlords enslaving mankind, the technology still requires human handlers and will for some time to come.
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Sylvain Duranton, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
Monsters and a terrifying dragon run amok, and gods enslave humans by turning them into zombie-type creatures.
—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
Born about 1772, enslaved as a child and then set free by a family of German American potters, Mr. Commeraw began designing ceramics in the 1790s, including food storage vessels for oystermen and innkeepers.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
Flewellen flashes back to middle school in South Miami, where a teacher made a point of stressing that Africans enslaved other Africans, as if that somehow absolved the U.S. from the buying, selling and forced labor of Black people.
—Tyrone Beasonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023
Reparations critics say that monetary compensation and other forms of atonement are not necessary when no one alive today was enslaved or a slave owner, overlooking the inequities today impacting later generations of Black Americans.
—Janie Har, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Feb. 2023
Ailsa Connery has endured three long years enslaved at Stirling Castle.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2023
His wife and several of their children, including Tubman, were still enslaved, though they were allowed to live with him, according to the Washington Post’s Michael E. Ruane.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Feb. 2023
State archeologists have been searching for the homes of those enslaved on the Thompson Farm for more than two years.
—Gina Martinez, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2023
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Sylvain Duranton, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
Monsters and a terrifying dragon run amok, and gods enslave humans by turning them into zombie-type creatures.
—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
Born about 1772, enslaved as a child and then set free by a family of German American potters, Mr. Commeraw began designing ceramics in the 1790s, including food storage vessels for oystermen and innkeepers.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
Flewellen flashes back to middle school in South Miami, where a teacher made a point of stressing that Africans enslaved other Africans, as if that somehow absolved the U.S. from the buying, selling and forced labor of Black people.
—Tyrone Beasonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023
Reparations critics say that monetary compensation and other forms of atonement are not necessary when no one alive today was enslaved or a slave owner, overlooking the inequities today impacting later generations of Black Americans.
—Janie Har, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Feb. 2023
Ailsa Connery has endured three long years enslaved at Stirling Castle.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2023
His wife and several of their children, including Tubman, were still enslaved, though they were allowed to live with him, according to the Washington Post’s Michael E. Ruane.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Feb. 2023
State archeologists have been searching for the homes of those enslaved on the Thompson Farm for more than two years.
—Gina Martinez, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1628, in the meaning defined above
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“Enslave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enslave. Accessed 1 Apr. 2023.
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