as in to liberate
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
under the cover of darkness animal rights activists emancipated the inhabitants of the mink ranch
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Recent Examples of emancipate
On June 19, 1865, nearly two years after President Abraham Lincoln emancipated enslaved Africans in America, 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, with news of freedom.
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Kate Hudson considered being emancipated from her parents, Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, to better her Hollywood career.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
This kept their traditions alive until their ancestors were emancipated in the 1860s.
—Ben Abrams, NPR, 19 June 2025
Urging Lincoln to now issue an executive order for emancipating the slaves, Sumner was firmly rebuffed.
—Zaakir Tameez
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Kate Hudson considered being emancipated from her parents, Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, to better her Hollywood career.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
This kept their traditions alive until their ancestors were emancipated in the 1860s.
—Ben Abrams, NPR, 19 June 2025
Urging Lincoln to now issue an executive order for emancipating the slaves, Sumner was firmly rebuffed.
—Zaakir Tameez
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for emancipate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emancipate
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How did One Piece season 1 end? Season 1 of Netflix's One Piece adaptation ended with Luffy and the Straw Hat gang liberating Nami's hometown of Coco Village from Arlong (McKinley Belcher III), the spiky-nosed fish-man with hopes of turning the village into a fish-men empire.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Shaked, who was liberated from the Matthausen camp, was referring to the condition of Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski, young men abducted on Oct. 7, 2023, from the Nova music festival in southern Israel.—
Philissa Cramer,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Aug. 2025
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Using his electric superpower, Fester causes an explosion that frees the L.O.I.S. subjects from their cells.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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Fester zaps the whole place, shutting off the power and freeing all the Outcasts from their cages.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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Blockbusters are released in five or six languages at once.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Details of a motive were not released, and investigators have not said how the suspect and victim were connected.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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The victim was later pronounced dead at a hospital after she was rescued from the bin Authorities are seeking the public's help with information about the incident Authorities are investigating the death of a woman whose head was stuck in a donation box in Lodi, Calif.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Officials from the District administration, the Indian Army, NDRF, and SDRF are trying to rescue people and save them.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Aug. 2025
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Open primaries would enfranchise more than a million New York voters, who are disproportionately young and represent communities of color.—
John Avlon,
New York Daily News,
7 July 2025
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About a year after the infirmary team returned to the United States, the 19th Amendment became law, enfranchising 27 million women, the largest expansion of voting rights in American history.—
Amy Sohn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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It’s become a reviewer-favorite for its wrinkle-free fabric, which will save time getting dressed in the morning.—
Rylee Johnston,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The fact that this movie is streaming on Amazon and Amazon is presented as the only thing that could ever save humanity from an existential threat is hilarious.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Sabrina Carpenter is loosening her leash on Man’s Best Friend ahead of its release date, with the pop star playing the album for a group of lucky fans who got to hear it before the rest of the world at an exclusive event on Wednesday (Aug. 13).—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
15 Aug. 2025
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When leaders embrace acceptance, the ego loosens its grip.—
Wilson Luna,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Tubman’s father had been manumitted by his owner, but Brodess had inherited Tubman, hiring her and her siblings out to neighbors for seasonal work, whether trapping muskrats or clearing land.—
Casey Cep,
The New Yorker,
24 June 2024
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Grant would manumit his one enslaved servant, William Jones, in 1859.—
Harold Holzer,
WSJ,
1 Jan. 2024
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“Emancipate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emancipate. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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