emancipated 1 of 2

past tense of emancipate

emancipated

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of emancipated
Adjective
Some of the cattle roaming the marsh are rumored to be the feral descendants of herds emancipated two decades ago by Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall about five miles upriver. Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 The federal government's few attempts to transition the recently emancipated into the postwar economy were inadequate, historians believe. Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emancipated
Verb
  • Jones remained on Ohio's death row for decades, exhausting most of his appeals, until Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Wende Cross overturned his murder conviction, freed him from prison and granted him a new trial two years ago.
    Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Though most had been freed, Heraty and another employee remained in captivity not far from where the operation was taking place.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Those phrases, used among student protestors to voice support for a liberated Palestinian people, were viewed by some in the Jewish community as manifestations of hate.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Similar themes crop up in the opera: Four female astronauts board a spaceship in hope of preserving the human race on a new planet, only for their mission to be privatized halfway through the journey by a venture capitalist, their liberated lives suddenly jeopardized.
    Hugh Morris, New York Times, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • Many of the episodes released so far have addressed Chase's sobriety struggles, as well as Harvey's favoritism of him over his other grandchildren.
    Dory Jackson, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Then, the Oversight Committee later released 33,000 files on Epstein, just hours after the discharge petition opened.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Indeed, just 10 days after being rescued, Maple had a surprise in store.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Just over 1,500 children have been rescued from Russia, with almost half of those facilitated by Save Ukraine, a charity dedicated to the return of Russian children who helped Katya get back to Ukrainian territory after her weekslong ordeal in the military camp.
    Guy Davies, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The site will also showcase regional heroes of the Underground Railroad, including the work of Smith, a freeborn woman with African American heritage who spent 21 years of her life as Stevens’ house manager and confidante (and, some speculate, his common-law wife).
    Tracy Schorn, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Robert—a man born in Africa, enslaved in America, and now a free farmer—and his freeborn African-American herbalist wife, Mary, had worked diligently to ensure this security for themselves and their children.
    Janet Barber, Scientific American, 9 Nov. 2021

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“Emancipated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emancipated. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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