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paroled

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verb

past tense of parole

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Recent Examples of paroled
Verb
Despite a recent spate of violent offenders being paroled at relatively high rates under the Mattis decision, the overall parole rate has shrunk from 65% to 57% under Chair Angelo Gomez. Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 22 Apr. 2026 He was paroled in January 2010 and discharged from parole in July 2012. Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paroled
Verb
  • Targeted again almost immediately, Shuji is rescued by detective Soma Ryosuke (Takahashi Issey), who turns to former television journalist Yarimizu Nanao (Saitoh Takumi) for help sheltering him.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Firefighters rescued one adult and two children from the home.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The ministry identified the freed captives as Russian citizen Oleg Gret and Ukrainian citizen Yuri Yurov.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The passage of time is cleverly conveyed through a variety of devices, from the sitcoms on Jacki’s TV screen (Cheers gives way to Seinfeld) and the age of the (offstage) dog that Jacki hopes to someday share and raise with a freed Nick.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • After a nearby hospital is hacked and ransomed, the higher-ups decide to defend its system by shutting it down, which means business must be conducted in the old-fashioned, paper-and-clipboards way.
    Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Her cousins and aunt were ransomed and released in Lebanon; Caroline was taken separately, chosen by an ISIS emir, and has never been found.
    Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Freyre said he's been dreaming of a liberated Cuba since almost immediately after Castro took over.
    CBS News, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Colorado law ties teens to their parents unless they can get emancipated by the court.
    Fraidy Reiss, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • Tugging on the heartstrings can be a cheap trick in the hands of the wrong songwriter, but the genre’s best songs are redeemed by a fastidious eye and a poetic ear.
    Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
  • This bonus offer will be fulfilled as 20,000 ThankYou® Points, which can be redeemed for $200 cash back.
    Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Trump, in remarks to reporters after the dinner, said the suspect shot one Secret Service agent at close range and that the agent was saved by a bulletproof vest.
    Josh Meyer, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • These rules also apply to child influencers, whose income must be saved the same way.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • After the vehicle was stopped on I-88 near Keslinger, both the driver and a Warrenville police officer reportedly discharged their firearms, the release said.
    Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The patient usually stays overnight for monitoring before being discharged.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026

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“Paroled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paroled. Accessed 4 May. 2026.

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