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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
  • The freed men first served their sentences at the Ramo Verde military prison, but were transferred to the Lara prison five years ago.
    Gustavo Ocando Alex, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
  • The ministry identified the freed captives as Russian citizen Oleg Gret and Ukrainian citizen Yuri Yurov.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • There were 24 crew members on board at the time and 21 were rescued from the vessel.
    Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 11 June 2026
  • The crew of the Apache gunship was rescued on Monday, June 8, after the aircraft went down near the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 10 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
  • That’s worth at least $30 in travel booked through Chase Travel℠ or when redeemed for a statement credit.
    Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 10 June 2026
  • The code must be redeemed within 30 days of purchase.
    StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • The 1961 legislation establishing the Seashore saved the land from development and gave the public a pristine example of what the popular peninsula looked like before the Pilgrims arrived in Provincetown and before the birth of the nation.
    USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
  • Demolition crews were busy on Tuesday tearing down the cafe at its base, and there are serious questions about whether the pier itself can be saved.
    John Ramos, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Amazon’s water usage effectiveness calculation and its cumulative annual withdrawal figure include both water that is evaporated over the course of cooling the facility and liquid discharged to wastewater or other systems.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
  • Harvey identified the officers who discharged their weapons as Officer Rachel Carranza, Officer Jeremmy Catiller and Officer Angela Maniego.
    Tim Fang, CBS News, 10 June 2026

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“Paroled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paroled. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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