as in emancipated
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as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
though he was an outspoken defender of liberty, this son of Virginia did not manumit his own slaves until he was on his deathbed
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Verb
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Attempts to refloat the mammal with the help of police boats, excavators and inflatable boats had temporarily freed it.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026 -
Some worried he would be freed and not tried in the killing of Iryna Zarutska.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Freyre said he's been dreaming of a liberated Cuba since almost immediately after Castro took over.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The movie includes footage of real historical tragedies — harrowing video from liberated concentration camps — along with contemporaneous ones, like the crash of PSA Flight 182, which happened less than two months before Faces of Death was released.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The cause of Jaxon’s death has not been released.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
20 Apr. 2026
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The White House has released the names of only about half the members, and just one is Jewish.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Kalee was rescued in Alaska in 2018 after suffering an injury.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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Knowing his Chilean heritage, local TV news outlets once interviewed Keno as miners were being rescued following the 2010 Copiapó mining accident.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Additionally, Thomas Downing, a freeborn son of enslaved parents, elevated the oyster to fine dining fare at his oyster house, which also served as a stop on the Underground Railroad.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The site will also showcase regional heroes of the Underground Railroad, including the work of Smith, a freeborn woman with African American heritage who spent 21 years of her life as Stevens’ house manager and confidante (and, some speculate, his common-law wife).—
Tracy Schorn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Dec. 2023
Verb
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Colorado law ties teens to their parents unless they can get emancipated by the court.—
Fraidy Reiss,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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The actress would go on to struggle with addiction issues and in February 1991, emancipated herself at the age of 14.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
5 Dec. 2025
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“Manumitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manumitted. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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