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to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
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Recent Examples of emancipated
Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
All the black captives in liberated territories were emancipated, and Amador was proclaimed king.
—Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Even those who emancipated the theory from complex numbers admit that the latter are a natural fit.
—Daniel Garisto, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
In the Revolutionary War itself, Britain’s Lord Dunmore had emancipated large numbers of southern slaves as a war measure—a fact well-known in both the 1770s and the 1860s.
—Akhil Reed Amar, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
Nev, who’s now 17 and emancipated, returns to Avan Island.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
Escape, betrayal and onward to Freedom Quarles self-emancipated in 1842 on the same day this country celebrates its independence — July 4.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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
Verb
The actress would go on to struggle with addiction issues and in February 1991, emancipated herself at the age of 14.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
All the black captives in liberated territories were emancipated, and Amador was proclaimed king.
—Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Even those who emancipated the theory from complex numbers admit that the latter are a natural fit.
—Daniel Garisto, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
In the Revolutionary War itself, Britain’s Lord Dunmore had emancipated large numbers of southern slaves as a war measure—a fact well-known in both the 1770s and the 1860s.
—Akhil Reed Amar, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
Nev, who’s now 17 and emancipated, returns to Avan Island.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
Escape, betrayal and onward to Freedom Quarles self-emancipated in 1842 on the same day this country celebrates its independence — July 4.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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
Adjective
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Mapping his passes received shows just how liberated Rogers is when searching for the ball.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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These can absorb liberated oxygen and convert it into uranium oxide instead of carbon dioxide.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The deal follows an eventful few years for Spears, who managed to finally be freed of a 13-year conservatorship back in 2021.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Feb. 2026
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Michael Skakel was convicted of killing Martha Moxley, but freed from prison after a court deemed his lawyer incompetent.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The researchers created the virtual animals and released them into a synthetic world, giving them tasks on how to navigate, avoid obstacles and find food.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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Minnesota is currently the only team among the top seven of the Big Ten not to be nationally ranked, though that situation may change when Monday’s latest Associated Press poll is released — the Gophers fell two votes shy in last week’s Top 25 polling.—
Staff Report,
Twin Cities,
16 Feb. 2026
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Oceanside fire crews rescued the driver of a semi-truck that crashed on Interstate 5 near Harbor Drive early Wednesday, leaving the cab dangling 70 feet above the San Luis Rey River in Oceanside.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Austin’s brother and sister were ultimately rescued along with their mother Joanne, 47, after being found clinging to a paddleboard.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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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
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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 17 Feb. 2026.
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