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unbound

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verb

past tense of unbind

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of unbound
Adjective
Other policies vastly expand federal power, such as his expansion of an imperial presidency unbound by congressional or judicial restraint. Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 21 Feb. 2025 Casa Batlló and Casa Milá give you a glimpse into the fluid thoughts and unbound creativity that make Gaudi’s works architectural wonders. Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 Fantasmas, meanwhile, feels totally unbound by color. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024 But such revelry for Cuba’s outcasts, for the first time allowed to be unbound, comes at an unthinkable price. Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unbound
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbound
Adjective
  • There, the shock from an impact might shake dust loose.
    Victoria Corless, Space.com, 19 May 2025
  • The Aggies battled back in the bottom of the sixth, closing the gap to just one run, but couldn’t overcome the loose, motivated Flames squad.
    Lauren Merola, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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
Adjective
  • So the fact that Xbox games are now free to land on any platform might be a harbinger of things to come, and this could give Microsoft a foundational head-start in the race toward a different future.
    Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • Burial evidence linked to potential victims of obstetric deaths suggests not all infants who died early received proper burials or were even born free.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • This accounted for just 3 percent of heating fires overall, but these led to more than 40 percent of fatalities, in part because portable heaters tend to be placed precisely where people live and sleep, and because the resulting fires are far more likely to be unconfined.
    Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 24 Mar. 2025
  • But even with this extensive network, there still is a need for improvements to address data gaps and enhance the representation of different aquifers, both in confined and unconfined conditions.
    Claire Marks, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Aug. 2024
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
  • He was released from prison in October 2019.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
  • 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
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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“Unbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbound. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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