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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

The filmmaker joins the latest edition of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast to discuss the glitch in the matrix (so to speak) that produced such an unfettered and uncensored explosion of self-expression.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 June 2026
But the reality failed to live up to the hype as Britain struggled to adjust to life without unfettered access to the 27-nation free trade bloc and its market of 450 million people.

— Danica Kirka, Fortune, 22 June 2026

Definition of unfettered

Verb

As in the case of the Oxy offer, following the completion of the transaction Aeffe would be freed from its debt but substantially deprived of assets.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 7 July 2026
Now imagine that space freed up for a designer to rethink the motherboard or allocate more room to other components, such as a bigger battery.

— John Burek, PC Magazine, 5 July 2026

Definition of freed

Adjective

America’s 250th has unleashed flashbacks to the Bicentennial, a buildup to July 4, 1976, awash in corporate patriotic branding, a flood of variety specials and a very memorable version of Schoolhouse Rock.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 July 2026
Restraint of animals Simply put, allowing unleashed animals to leave the property is a violation of Charlotte’s restraint of animals ordinance.

— Eva Flowe July 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026

Definition of unleashed

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Recently released pictures show his coffin next arriving in Karbala, surrounded by masses of people.

— Jamie Gray, NBC news, 9 July 2026
Last 'Cheetah Girls' movie released in 2008 The original film trilogy, based on Deborah Gregory's book series of the same name, is one of Disney Channel's most iconic original movie franchises.

— Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 9 July 2026

Definition of released

Verb

When the United States invaded the Philippines during the Spanish-American War, Twain naively imagined that the country would be liberated and turned into a republic.

— Ron Chernow, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
For years, Hezbollah claimed its arms had liberated Lebanese land.

— Hussain Abdul-Hussain, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026

Definition of liberated

Adjective

Before the successful capture, the Galahad SPCA said it had been asked not to capture the escaped marsupial or otherwise intervene.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
Stitch centers on a lonely girl who befriends a blue puppy that turns out to be an escaped alien engineered to be a weapon of mass destruction.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026

Definition of escaped

Verb

Six adults and a child were rescued from the water, but three children recovered from the lake after an intensive search were unresponsive to exhaustive lifesaving measures administered as soon as they were found, police said.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Three children died and seven other people were rescued after a recreational boat capsized on Geneva Lake in southeastern Wisconsin during a fast-moving severe storm on July 3, authorities said.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 July 2026

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