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as in slave
a person who is considered the property of another person
I'm not your thrall, so you'll have to pick up after yourself
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as in slavery
the state of being an enslaved person
a people who still bear the scars of having been in thrall for so many years
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Recent Examples of thrall
Larson’s campaign finance reports reveal a veteran in the thrall of special interest contributors who provide most of the money for his relaxed re-election campaigns.
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
Kevin acknowledges he was seduced by the thrall of easy money.
—Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
For the most part, open-source projects weren’t evenly distributed across teams of volunteers; they were managed by at most a few individuals, who spent the bulk of their waking hours in abject thrall to a user-complaint queue.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
Both parties are in the thrall of radical populists, nationalists on the right and progressives on the left, leaving conservatives and liberals out in the cold.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
Kevin acknowledges he was seduced by the thrall of easy money.
—Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
For the most part, open-source projects weren’t evenly distributed across teams of volunteers; they were managed by at most a few individuals, who spent the bulk of their waking hours in abject thrall to a user-complaint queue.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
Both parties are in the thrall of radical populists, nationalists on the right and progressives on the left, leaving conservatives and liberals out in the cold.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrall
Noun
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The first two episodes are entirely in the native Hawaiian language, and the arrival of some non-Hawaiian characters — mostly white stowaways and a Black slave — gradually introduces English into the mix.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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Arriving in America, Ann and her followers are outraged by their first sight of a slave auction.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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The word robot comes from the Czech word ‘robota’ which meant involuntary servitude, something very close to slavery, says Novakova.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Guests have included a slavery apologist, as well as a pastor who believes women should not have the right to vote.—
Elena Moore,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Thrall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrall. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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