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released

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verb

past tense of release
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Recent Examples of released
Verb
In a blistering statement released after Wednesday’s vote, the mayor’s office blasted the commission and longtime Chair Robb Pitts, who recently lost his reelection bid to former Commissioner Mo Ivory. Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 16 July 2026 Video released by Iranian state media shows patients being evacuated from Shahid Baghaei Hospital in Iran’s southwestern city of Ahvaz on Wednesday. Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 16 July 2026 He was released in May from the Ada County Jail, where he was being held on a $100,000 bond. Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 July 2026 Not to be outdone, our current administration subsequently released an executive order to get people back up there by 2028. Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 Public calendars released by the Fed show Warsh's predecessor Jerome Powell met with or called Bessent only a handful of times outside of their regular breakfast meetings. Matt Peterson, CNBC, 15 July 2026 Before the movie was even released, Roberts lashed out at Nolte in The New York Times. Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026 According to a San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office statement released shortly after the incident, Singh was arrested at the scene on suspicion of driving under the influence. Adam England, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026 The White House has not released a cost estimate for the arch. ABC News, 9 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for released
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
  • Fraxiom The match started at a War Raiders pace before Axiom was unleashed and landed a picture-perfect moonsault onto the War Raiders.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • Over the last week, the country has once again been witness to the deadly consequences ICE has repeatedly unleashed on our streets.
    Kica Matos, Time, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • At first, Kelela felt liberated by the scene’s sense of freedom.
    Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
  • Her parents arrived in America with her older sister in 1947 after getting liberated from Auschwitz concentration camp and losing most of their family in the Holocaust.
    Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
Verb
  • Joshua Swisher was presented with the Southlake Police Department’s Meritorious Conduct Award after his actions on June 7 that saved a man’s life, police said in a news release.
    Mary Ella Hastings July 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
  • If this process is unsuccessful and the slowly rolling ball is easily saved, the problem wasn’t necessarily the kick itself.
    Geir Jordet, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • Deep overhanging eaves cast long shadows across geometric leadlight windows, while thick bands of locally quarried sandstone wrap the base – Griffin’s signature, written not in ink but in stone.
    Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • Crutchfield said Midland covers a large geographic portion of the county but has no early voting location, requiring many residents to drive to Concord or the Cabarrus Arena to cast ballots before Election Day.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • The heat has become so unbearable in Japan that weather officials in April announced a new term for days when maximum temperatures exceed 104 degrees — kokushobi, meaning harsh or cruel heat, according to the Japan Times.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Harry last saw his father in February 2024, shortly after it was announced that the monarch was undergoing treatment for cancer, though the palace never specified the type.
    Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • At the same time, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s vast economic reforms sparked high inflation after fuel subsidies were removed three years ago and the currency was devalued.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
  • In Utah, a yearlong audit of voter registration released in May found 27 noncitizens who were removed from voter rolls out of more than 2 million voters.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • That’s not something most people talked about or perhaps even knew about as officials loosened development regulations to boost housing construction.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
  • These guidelines were loosened after the team's first two matches.
    Jamie Gray, NBC news, 9 July 2026

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