as in empowered
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as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
in a way, modern labor-saving appliances enfranchised people, giving them much more leisure time
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Adjective
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The empowered non-complier is, in other words, usually a millennial — the generation that preceded Gen Z into the workforce, accumulated the credentials, built the professional networks, and then, during the pandemic, quietly moved an hour outside the city.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 May 2026 -
Greater impact feeds your empowered mindset, and the cycle continues.—
Daren Smith,
IndieWire,
27 May 2026
Verb
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In some ways this is like many postcolonial nations in the Global South, although Norway’s claims to being a postcolonial country recently freed from the shackles of foreign domination are difficult to sustain in the face of its treatment of indigenous people like the Sámi.—
Ola Morris Innset,
The Dial,
2 June 2026
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At least one person who had been held was freed, police told reporters at the scene.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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In War and Peace, Tolstoy’s concept—among a million other things—was to show how the young people who lived through the Napoleonic invasion went on to lead Russia’s first democratic uprising, the Decembrist Revolt of 1825.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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But Rubio cautioned that Venezuela remains far from a democratic transition, saying the country still lacks the conditions necessary for free elections and continues to hold hundreds of political prisoners.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2026
Verb
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If the truth can set you free, Karamo Brown is completely liberated.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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He’s now liberated from the Browns, who started 17 different quarterbacks in his nine-year run with Cleveland.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
Verb
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The victims were identified as Robert Shine, 69; John Carse, 69; and a 79-year-old man whose name was not released pending notification of family.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
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Around 50 workers have been killed by Israeli fire, and more than 38,000 have been arrested, though many were later released, the official Palestinian WAFA news agency reported Sunday, citing the General Federation of Palestinian Trade Unions.—
Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Verb
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The long shadow of the occupation Twenty-three years after George Bush and Tony Blair resolved that Iraqis were to be emancipated, the country remains captive to a masquerade of power.—
Nabil Salih,
Time,
26 May 2026
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When Winter was 14 years old, she was placed in the care of her older sister and three years later, she was legally emancipated.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Natalie did get rescued that summer, by Dimitri Marick, a new character who opened up an entire new canvas on All My Children.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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The blaze was extinguished with the help of eight fire engines, and more than 40 people were rescued and taken to nearby hospitals, Delhi police said in a statement.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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