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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
Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
For enslaved people, the Revolution was a fierce campaign to stage the largest exodus out of bondage since biblical times.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2025
In the Dred Scott case, of 1857, the Supreme Court supplied one, ruling that no person of African descent, free or enslaved, could be an American citizen.
—Rachel Morris, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
For more than 100 years, enslaved people lived and labored in the colonies, but after the Revolutionary War, northern states eventually abolished most forms of enslavement by the early 1800s, led by Vermont in 1777.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
For enslaved people, the Revolution was a fierce campaign to stage the largest exodus out of bondage since biblical times.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
What about those who were enslaved?
—JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2025
In the Dred Scott case, of 1857, the Supreme Court supplied one, ruling that no person of African descent, free or enslaved, could be an American citizen.
—Rachel Morris, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
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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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The first turned a fourth-quarter fumble into a 59-yard score when Achane burst through a tired, and seemingly defeated Buffalo defensive front and outsprinted the Bills’ entire secondary to the end zone.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 Nov. 2025
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In nonplayoff action, Ben Chen rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns as Westford Academy defeated Newton South, 33-13.—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Habeas petitions are, as a rule, the last option for an imprisoned person to void their convictions.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
17 Dec. 2025
Verb
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While many areas are seeing visibility reduced to between one and three miles, patchy dense fog is reducing visibilities to as low as one quarter mile in spots.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Jan. 2026
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Unable to turn back against the strong currents of the Napo, the party, now reduced to just 50, carried on downriver toward the Amazon.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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One is 36 and on the backside of his career but proud of the fact that he’s never missed the playoffs – which the 6-20 Clippers seemed bound to do.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
18 Dec. 2025
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These objects have hyperbolic orbits, as opposed to the bound circular or elliptical orbits of everything native to the solar system.—
Darryl Seligman,
Space.com,
15 Dec. 2025
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Her anger stems from a catastrophic event that annihilated the clan's homeland.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Dec. 2025
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Bayonne’s most notable movie moment in this century was a brief appearance in Steven Spielberg’s 2005 War of the Worlds (it was annihilated by aliens).—
Andrew Rice,
Curbed,
2 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Not forcing her to go means hurting the other girl, forcing her to go means teaching your daughter that her own comfort should be subjugated to make someone else happy.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Spanish subjugated and enslaved the indigenous population of the Canaries—the Guanches—exporting some of them to Madeira or Europe, while others were forced to labor on Canarian sugar plantations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That makes the technology attractive for confined environments, such as ships and spacecraft, according to the Institute of Mechanics.—
Sam Stevenson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Nov. 2025
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Given how much of the story takes place in a confined setting, when one character launches themselves across a table to attack another, the moment is breathtaking.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Enslaved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enslaved. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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