liberating

present participle of liberate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of liberating Detouring into satire would give that notion some pause and would give my writing some wings, liberating me from self-consciousness and untethering me from reality. Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025 But liberating humans from work would also mean liberating them from their paychecks. Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025 Blazy’s new silhouette for the house achieved exactly that by anchoring the form at the hips, liberating the upper body and waist, while enabling the skirts to emphasize the length of the leg and the amplitude of each step. Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025 But there was something liberating about the combination of maximum detail and minimum time. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2025 Reframing failure in this way is liberating. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Still, not every architect involved has found the project’s carte blanche approach liberating. Siobhan Reid, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025 His messaging consistently demonstrates that true success is an inside job, a byproduct of liberating oneself of mental constraints. Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025 But the movie also knows that limits can be helpful, that having to decide which romantic partner to settle on—or whether to settle on one at all—can be more stressful than liberating. Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liberating
Verb
  • Follow what feels fun and freeing, not forced.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Thuram drags Tchouameni into the space on the left and Koopmeiners runs towards Cambiaso, freeing up Yildiz to receive in space.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Officers performed life-saving measures on Green before he was pronounced dead on location, Hoskin said.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Tyrod Taylor’s not saving the season anymore than Quinn Ewers is saving the show in Miami.
    Jeff Howe, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The company plans to continue releasing updates as testing progresses, pushing its axial flux architecture toward the next benchmark in electric propulsion.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Other events included releasing chickens into a crowd that scrambled to catch them, with winners taking them home, according to one report about the town’s history.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile, those on the front lines of rescuing and rehabilitating animals at care centers are concerned that the current furloughs and the possibility of job cuts could result in less support for struggling ocean creatures.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
  • He was recently nominated for a Hero award for saving his neighbor’s life by rescuing her from a house on fire.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025

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“Liberating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberating. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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