1
as in choice
the power, right, or opportunity to choose
he doesn't want to go to the sales conference, but he doesn't have that liberty
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as in autonomy
the state of being free from the control or power of another
the hope that the country's first-ever elections will usher in a new era of liberty and respect for the rule of law
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Recent Examples of liberty
If this most fundamental right is allowed to perish, then the rest of our rights and liberties will topple just like dominoes.
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Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
And also the Hayek who would occasionally say that liberty has an economic foundation, but also a moral foundation.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Without virtue, liberty collapses into chaos, and freedom devours itself.
—Carolyn McKinney, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
As the company’s employment status offers Uber some financial liberties, mandating a camera could undermine Uber’s legal defense that the company is treating its drivers like employees.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for liberty
Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
And also the Hayek who would occasionally say that liberty has an economic foundation, but also a moral foundation.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Without virtue, liberty collapses into chaos, and freedom devours itself.
—Carolyn McKinney, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
As the company’s employment status offers Uber some financial liberties, mandating a camera could undermine Uber’s legal defense that the company is treating its drivers like employees.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liberty
Noun
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The company released a more expensive version of its subscription-fee offering in the EU in 2023, but was slapped with a €200 million ($232 million) fine in April after regulators argued the model still breached the bloc’s digital antitrust rules and didn’t offer users a genuine free choice.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Since then, what counts as a good (virtuous) choice versus a bad (unvirtuous) one has become less and less clearly defined.—
Sophia Rosenfeld
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Over all, Zimmerman argues, this autonomy has been a positive force.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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Can a single individual have complete autonomy over their life?—
Lana Lin
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For women with dense breasts, several options exist beyond standard mammography.—
Dr. Megha Gupta,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Those cuts have left some families who had been hoping to join trials of new treatments scrambling to find other options.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Their emergency request for a temporary restraining order (TRO), filed September 29, argues that the administration has exceeded its legal authority and jeopardized both state sovereignty and public safety.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Beginning with the Haitian internment in 1991, Washington seized on Guantánamo’s ambiguous sovereignty to illegally and indefinitely detain asylum-seekers.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
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Stir for five to 10 seconds (if using very small ice) to 25 to 30 seconds (if using very large ice), strain either into a rocks glass over fresh ice or up, in a coupe, depending on your preference.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
27 Sep. 2025
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Sub-Saharan African nations benefitting from the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) have been waiting for months with bated breath on news of a renewal for the 25-year-old trade preference program, which stands to expire on Tuesday.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Where Godard and his collaborators exulted in their freedom, Linklater was intent on painstaking accuracy.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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For director and co-writer Shinsuke Sato, a third season that moved beyond the main action of the manga allowed for greater freedom to explore the questions provoked by this Borderland reveal.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The way people typically die in intersections is often because of head-on and T-bone crashes, which the roundabout design addresses, Bryson said.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, there is a bit of a cost on the world stage to the way that the president presents the United States.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The movement looked to achieve independence through an armed revolution.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Before long, a media holding company of the Russian state energy giant Gazprom took a majority stake in the channel, ending its independence and giving the Kremlin decisive influence over its editorial policy.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Liberty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberty. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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