as in freedoms
the state of being free from the control or power of another
college freshmen often revel in their newfound independence
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Noun
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Pyongyang has continued to exercise significant control over the population and severely restrict the rights and freedoms of its population, and that has only gotten more intense over the last decade.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025 -
When one person’s rights are stripped away, the thread that binds all our freedoms begins to fray.—
Norma Chavez-Peterson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Black Sea region stands out as a canvas of chokepoints and competing sovereignties, of energy routes and grain corridors, of overlapping jurisdictions and unresolved conflicts.—
Galip Dalay,
Time,
19 Aug. 2025
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This is exacerbated by a script that condenses events to the point where no artistic liberties could reasonably fit.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Coalition for Good Government identifies itself as a nonpartisan group concerned with constitutional liberties and the individual rights of citizens.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Independences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/independences. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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