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paroled

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verb

past tense of parole

Example Sentences

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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
  • On the other hand, the Ni-Co alloy sweeps in to combine the freed hydrogen ions into usable fuel gas.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The freed captives, mostly women and children, were among over 300 kidnap victims freed by Nigerian forces this week.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Samy Paul, a British tourist, described the shock of the impact to The Associated Press after being rescued from the Renfe train.
    — JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The only baby rescued from the nursery died weeks later, bringing the death toll to 15.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • The slide-out kitchen stores away under the bed so as not to take up any of the liberated floor space.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The liberated bundle then touches down somewhere else in the genome, where native DNA repair processes paste it in.
    — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Following a surrender, Indians pulled militia men from the retreating lines, killing some on the spot and taking others prisoner, to be ransomed in Montreal.
    — James Whorton Jr, Longreads, 13 Oct. 2026
  • What Andert argues in his video is that LINXS has effectively ransomed LAX to the tune of $880 million — so far — to complete the supposedly less than 3 percent that remains to be built on the project.
    — Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • At home, the United States had defeated their armies, destroyed their infrastructure, retaken their territory, emancipated their enslaved, and devastated their economy and society into a catastrophic mess.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Winter was legally emancipated and declared an adult at age 17 in 2015.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Each point is worth 1 cent and 200 points can be redeemed for $2 off convenience store items or an extra 5 cents per gallon discount on fuel.
    — Dan Avery, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The ticket would be good to be redeemed for any home game in the future, even a possible World Series contest.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Although the entrance was barricaded by a refrigerator and a couch, Gentry found a way inside and all three hostages were saved without injury, Mekosch said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The move saved one small town in northern Maine $10,000, Collins said.
    — Julia Terruso, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Yeter was discharged after initial treatment, the outlets reported, but she was later rushed back to the hospital by family members after falling ill at home.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Availability and insurance coverage vary, but those conversations are much easier to have before you’re discharged.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 26 Oct. 2026

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“Paroled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paroled. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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