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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free-climbing
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Despite our diversity, each of us spent many years in private practice before the Arkansas courts before ascending to service on the state's highest court.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026 -
Murray is ascending into the same airspace as English and Issel and the other Nuggets greats.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
15 Feb. 2026
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The rush to get in on the microdrama boom comes when some traditional film and TV productions are scaling back, or leaving Los Angeles altogether, because of rising costs.—
Lauren Wilson,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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Already, scaling partners include the likes of Bestseller, C&A, Filippa K, John Lewis, Marks & Spencer and Reformation.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Feb. 2026
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Thanks to older siblings and friends, permissive parents, fake IDs, and unethical sellers, some young people have always found ways to evade these bans, and similar tactics could work for surmounting a social-media ban as well.—
Keith Humphreys,
The Atlantic,
2 Feb. 2026
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But the eye-watering stake only led to 18 sales, averaging out at $1,500 each, surmounting to only $27,000.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Free-climbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free-climbing. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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