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Recent Examples of unbind Lazarus had been dead four days, wrapped in a burial shroud and enclosed in a tomb, when Jesus instructed his followers to unbind him from his burial cloths. Jennifer Latson, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022 Perhaps, to vanish well entails allowing others to help unbind you, trusting them to keep your secrets. Longreads, 14 Apr. 2020 Despite becoming the first president ever to receive votes from both parties to convict and remove him from office in an impeachment trial, President Donald Trump today woke up in the White House unbound. Garrett M. Graff, Wired, 6 Feb. 2020 His is a generosity unbound by rules, regulations and codes. Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for unbind
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbind
Verb
  • The numerous tales at hand are indubitably enchanting and give us a tough knot to untie.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The film’s producers spent the summer of 2024 untying a sticky legal predicament (buying out an ownership stake by Kinematics, a production company bankrolled by billionaire Trump supporter Dan Snyder).
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Another endangered fish, northern tidewater gobies, were rescued from the same watershed shortly before the steelhead were liberated.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Just as my ancient and modern ancestors found freedom from oppression, so can each of us be liberated from today’s challenges by crafting a future built on deeds of lovingkindness.
    Maria Zimina, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • On Black Friday last year, with the Chiefs and Raiders reserved for a national TV audience, quarterback Patrick Mahomes slammed a football between his hands and angrily unfastened his chin strap before yelling toward the sideline.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Grant, meanwhile, wore a simple black suit and a white button-up shirt with the first few buttons unfastened in a boyish manner.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Four months into his second term, the sprint is on: SAB 121 is gone, freeing banks from punitive capital rules on digital‑asset custody; April’s bill scrapped the nightmare cost‑basis paperwork for DeFi; and the DOJ has shuttered its crypto task force, vowing to chase scammers, not software.
    Crypto Confidential, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • In the month following Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack and Hamas's seizing of hundreds of Israeli hostages, Francis had prayed they would soon be freed and called for dialogue.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • And then Joe Biden decided to undo that with the signing of his signature.
    Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The number of departures would effectively undo that staffing increase, Bloomberg reported.
    Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • August reservations will be released on July 1 and so on.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • No other information about the incident was released.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Compliance Gets Hyperlocal There is a tendency when reading headlines about sweeping changes to major regulatory initiatives to look only at the top-line effects — federal regulation is loosening — and the assumption that this will make compliance less burdensome.
    Mary Foley, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Idaho’s 1-to-6 ratio for infants remains in place, but the ratios were loosened for all older children.
    Rachel Cohen, Vox, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • To protect a batch of sea turtle eggs from possible poachers, the group rescued them and hatched them in a lab before releasing 100 baby sea turtles into the ocean.
    Terry Baddoo, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Fire crews and police quickly rescued the single occupant of the vehicle, a man, as the vehicle and apartment caught fire.
    Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Unbind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbind. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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