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verb

past tense of release
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Recent Examples of released
Verb
Adidas made $437 million from the first batch of its Yeezy shoes released after severing ties with West, some of which benefited organizations including the Anti-Defamation League and a non-profit founded by George Floyd’s brother. Conor Murray, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025 What scant information is available suggests a similar form factor and feature set to the first Switch released back in 2017. Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025 In the National Academies' most recent decadal survey released in 2022, a panel of researchers recommended NASA continue with the MSR program but stated the program's cost should not undermine other planetary science missions. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025 New episodes will be released weekly and available to stream on Hulu. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2025 Speculation that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are on the hook ramped up recently after the Treasury Department released a roadmap for how removing the two entities from conservatorship would work. Christopher White, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025 The individual, whose identity hasn’t been released, was quickly restrained by fellow passengers and later detained by state troopers. Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025 Judging by the nearly 45 minutes of trailers and assorted promotional material that have been released to date, Kojima is doubling down on everything that made the original such a brilliant, odd classic. Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025 He was released from prison in October 2019. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for released
Verb
  • Then, the massive devastation of Beirut’s port blast in 2020 unleashed a shock wave explosion that destroyed the cinema complex in the city’s nightlife district.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The transformative ride unleashed a range of emotions.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • But she’s also been freed in a way.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The Kremlin on Thursday freed Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American ballerina sentenced to 12 years in prison for donating to a Ukrainian charity, in exchange for a man accused of funneling military-grade electronics from the United States to Russia’s armed forces.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • What was the process like for you, casting a film versus casting for photo shoots?
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
  • By Wendy Lee June 23, 2025 3 AM PT For Subscribers In a rare searing rebuke, investors recently cast a symbolic vote disapproving of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s 2024 compensation package, which rose 4% to $51.9 million compared with the year before.
    Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • The Royals announced that X-ray results were negative for a fracture.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The Canadiens had just given up a short-handed goal allowing the Rangers to tie the game, a goal that had just finished being announced when Gallagher buried that shot from the slot.
    Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Bricks that were most likely 184 years old were removed from the foundation of the church, ending its almost two centuries-long mission.
    Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Both crosses were removed from the cathedral’s steeple and spire in 1998 for building renovations.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • This was followed by a ground operation, which lasted for five days, concluding on Feb. 28, with Kuwait liberated and Iraqi forces expelled.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 11 June 2025
  • The new draft agreement also includes provisions for revenues from territories currently occupied by Russia, in the event they were freed: The share of resource revenues contributed to the fund from liberated areas would be 66 percent.
    Constant Méheut, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • That stance loosened about 15 years ago, primarily in baseball.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • In 2020, officials loosened the program's rules as pandemic lockdowns took effect — which prosecutors assert left the door open for abuse.
    Kyle Stokes, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In November 2022, a 28-year-old man who fell overboard from a Carnival Valor cruise ship was rescued off of Louisiana's southeast coast after treading water for nearly 20 hours.
    Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Four family members were later rescued as authorities continued recovery efforts.
    Dale Denwalt, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024

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