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adjective

as in released

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paroled

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verb

past tense of parole
as in rescued

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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
  1. freed
  2. rescued
  3. liberated
  4. ransomed
  5. emancipated
  6. redeemed
  7. saved
  8. discharged
Adjective
  • 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
  • In fact, the vast majority of freed people remained in the South.
    — Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
Definition of freed
Verb
  • The crash triggered an emergency response near Morro Bay, where the pilot was rescued after ejecting from the aircraft.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Though now joining the collections of major museums, in the 1970s his artworks depicting the hardship and life of Indigenous Bolivians were rescued from the trash outside his former Manhattan studio, according to multiple accounts.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of rescued
Adjective
  • 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
  • Instead, Curry connected with fans like me because, as a performer, the man seemed able to do anything, and do it with a kind of liberated abandon and eagerness to entertain.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of liberated
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of ransomed
Verb
  • Winter was legally emancipated and declared an adult at age 17 in 2015.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In 1775, his first enslaver sold him to the commander of Framingham's Minute Men, who emancipated him, and Salem went on to fight at Lexington and Concord.
    — Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026
Definition of emancipated
Verb
  • Keep in mind, it can be applied to both in-store and online purchases, and can be redeemed twice.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The Offer is non-transferable and cannot be exchanged or redeemed for cash or any other product, benefit, or alternative.
    — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of redeemed
Verb
  • Letter writers recalled how Paden saved his father’s life when a cow nearly stomped him to death in a field, after the elder Paden came between the cow and her calf.
    — Glenn Rice, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
  • New players, new coach — Roberto De Zerbi was only hired in late March and saved the team from relegation — but the same old cultural problems?
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of saved
Verb
  • Her husband was also injured in the incident and was discharged from the hospital after receiving treatment, per the outlets.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
  • After the injury, Young was discharged from the hospital overnight.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of discharged

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“Paroled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paroled. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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