as in emancipation
the act of setting free from slavery
the liberation of the slaves was one of the key results of the Civil War
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Recent Examples of liberation
But waiting for us at the top is a complicated story of both liberation and hardship.
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Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
Ultimately, the Exodus story calls humanity to an ongoing collective responsibility to pursue liberation.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
Holding out hope for Hannah’s return, or Janine’s liberation, or… anything, really, by this point in the Hulu drama’s final run can feel like a fool’s errand.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Apr. 2025
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—Julia Mueller, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
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Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
Ultimately, the Exodus story calls humanity to an ongoing collective responsibility to pursue liberation.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
Holding out hope for Hannah’s return, or Janine’s liberation, or… anything, really, by this point in the Hulu drama’s final run can feel like a fool’s errand.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Apr. 2025
Tags China Donald Trump Karoline Leavitt liberation day manufacturing Ron Johnson tariffs trade war Xi Jinping
Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media Inc.
—Julia Mueller, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liberation
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The South, for its part, responded in kind: secession swiftly forged a fractured region into a reactive unity, bound by fear of emancipation and faith in a mythic agrarian freedom.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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By definition, the eight-day Passover commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Liberation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberation. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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