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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And that was his emancipation proclamation, which promised freedom to anybody who was owned by a patriot who was willing to fight for the king.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Many of these letters were delivered by enslaved African Americans, some of whom were forced in the years before emancipation to serve as messengers going relatively short distances between plantations and towns.—
Sarah Prager,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Liberation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberation. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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