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to take control of and assert authority over
—usually used as (be) enslaved
Her ancestors were enslaved during the war.
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Recent Examples of enslaved
Craig Fehrman, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2026
The video, which surfaced on Instagram around the time of a playoff game between Birdville and Burleson Centennial, used a scene from the 1970s television series Roots that shows an enslaved Black man yielding to a slave master.
—Myah Taylor, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
He was also enslaved by the Clarks.
—Craig Fehrman, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Thomas Jefferson launched other expeditions besides Lewis and Clark’s, and those expeditions also included enslaved people, though their names have not survived.
—Craig Fehrman, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2026
The video, which surfaced on Instagram around the time of a playoff game between Birdville and Burleson Centennial, used a scene from the 1970s television series Roots that shows an enslaved Black man yielding to a slave master.
—Myah Taylor, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
Verb
Its most famous use was for gladiator games, in which enslaved people or prisoners of war fought each other or wild animals to the death.
—Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
He was also enslaved by the Clarks.
—Craig Fehrman, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enslaved
Adjective
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She was placed as an indentured servant with the Toppan family of Lowell and took their surname, per the Lowell Historical Society and the West End Museum.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Under Trump, Congress has behaved like an indentured servant rather than an independent agent.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
2 July 2025
Verb
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Xander Bogaerts and Bryce Johnson delivered two-out RBIs as the San Diego Padres defeated the Angels 2-1 on Sunday.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Also defeated was Vladimir Putin, who especially sought an Orbán victory to keep his firewall in the EU, where Hungary had used its power to block assistance to Ukraine and sanctions against Russia; no longer.—
New York Daily News,
Twin Cities,
19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Yenisey Taboada’s small apartment in Havana is filled with photos of her imprisoned son, Duannis Tabaoda.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2026
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In the play’s penultimate scene — one of the most gorgeous, daring and breathless in American theater, and all taking place in an imprisoned Gallimard’s imagination — Song strips for Gallimard, trying to force him to confront the truth.—
Theater Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Saudi Arabia’s government has reduced its reliance on oil revenue by introducing taxes and fees, but the kingdom’s ambitions have still grown faster than the new sources of revenue forcing the country to become more pragmatic, The New York Times’ Vivian Nereim reports.—
Alaa Shahine Salha,
semafor.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Images from the scene showed a part of a four-story building reduced to a massive pile of rubble, with emergency workers on top of it.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Play-in bound, seed still TBA: Los Angeles Clippers, Portland, Charlotte, Miami.—
Tim Reynolds,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
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The Dodgers’ split-squad group that journeyed the 14 miles from Glendale (and ultimately lost to Texas, 7-6) was largely a skeleton crew of Triple-A bound prospects and wannabes.—
Tim Cowlishaw,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Their radar is 100 percent annihilated.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Their radar is 100% annihilated.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Americans have been skeptical of brown-skinned people since the days of the Alamo, always fearful Latinos are one step away from insurrection and thus must always be subjugated.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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It’s subjugated to a larger sense of what’s called the universal destination of all goods.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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For instance, light particles like positrons (or electrons, in this experiment) need extremely fast oscillations, gigahertz (GHz) frequencies, to stay confined.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
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Diners are there to enjoy a nice, relaxing meal, but some dogs, especially very large dogs or multiple dogs, can be a handful in small, confined spaces.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Enslaved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enslaved. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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