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adjective

as in unfettered

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verb

past tense of uncage

as in freed

to set free (as from slavery or confinement) uncaged the bird and let it fly away

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Recent Examples of uncaged

Adjective

When the urge strikes him, Sam’s uncaged anger leads him to do horrible things. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026

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Adjective

These prediction market partnerships have, for some, become emblematic of what fans see as unfettered greed on the part of teams, players, leagues and platforms believed to be degrading their experience of sports writ large.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Conference expansion and realignment, as well as an unfettered transfer portal, has college football looking more and more like the NFL by the day, and that's by design.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of unfettered

Adjective

And has unleashed billions of taxpayer dollars to brutalize and kill American citizens, like Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
Made on a budget of $25 million, including $5 million that wound up on the cutting-room floor, the film was unleashed on the public on December 19, 1986.

— Andrew Buss, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of unleashed

Verb

Doctors also described various nonhormonal options in the new advice released last month by the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists.

— Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
The identity of the man who died will be released by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office once next of kin have been notified.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of released

Adjective

Advertisement Artificial is a story of unchained ambitions and betrayals, with its Altman an unqualified villain.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
There is a minute’s ovation for Keegan, who was chief operations officer and then manager at Craven Cottage in the late 1990s, there is an unchained melody of bedlam, the creation of chaos and there are a lot of c***s.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of unchained

Verb

While reminiscing during the July reunion, a reflective Epstein described feeling liberated after the Cubs returned from Cleveland with the World Series trophy in hand.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
After Ukrainian forces liberated it, Kozatske gradually came under siege by drones as the war turned increasingly technological.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of liberated

Adjective

Authorities on Wednesday were still trying to piece together how an escaped Tennessee prisoner convicted of murder evaded capture for more than a week before being tracked down hundreds of miles away in Missouri.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
Missouri state troopers have captured an escaped convict who broke free from a Tennessee prison last week, a highway patrol spokesperson told Fox News Digital Tuesday.

— Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of escaped

Verb

First responders still have to actively clear all the homes and a Blackhawk helicopter is now flying overhead to see if any more people need to be rescued, with parts of the city still inaccessible, Earley said.

— Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
That the final season of Yellowjackets features the high school soccer team being rescued and returning home is no secret.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026

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