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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
Adjective
  • In fact, the vast majority of freed people remained in the South.
    Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
  • Well, the Thirteenth Amendment left the country with 4 million freed slaves, undefined.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Those who have been rescued were receiving medical treatment a local health clinics, Duque said.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
  • The final four boys and their coach were safely rescued from the Tham Luang Nang Non cave system in the Chiang Rai province of northern Thailand.
    USA Today, USA Today, 24 June 2026
Adjective
  • And there were already many claims being made for the nearly $4 billion worth of liberated slaves.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • Hungary’s new minister of culture, Zoltán Tarr, shares his vision for fostering freedom of expression in a liberated local art scene.
    Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 14 May 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
Verb
  • The long shadow of the occupation Twenty-three years after George Bush and Tony Blair resolved that Iraqis were to be emancipated, the country remains captive to a masquerade of power.
    Nabil Salih, Time, 26 May 2026
  • When Winter was 14 years old, she was placed in the care of her older sister and three years later, she was legally emancipated.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Each customer is limited to one coupon, which must be redeemed in the store.
    Drew Pittock, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • This bonus offer will be fulfilled as 20,000 ThankYou® Points, which can be redeemed for $200 cash back.
    Ryley Amond, CNBC, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • The Ocean City, New Jersey, man who saved a girl from a rip current late last year has received a major honor.
    Janelle Burrell, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • The goalkeeper saved long-range shots by Rodríguez, Johan Mojica and Gustavo Puerta, and close-range attempts by Díaz and Muñoz.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • There was a struggle and the firearm discharged.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026
  • At Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall, about 37 miles south of Mendon, spokeswoman Amy Weber said some patients had been discharged and the hospital was working with local emergency management to find temporary overnight housing.
    The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026

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“Paroled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paroled. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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