as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
uncaged the bird and let it fly away
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as in unfettered
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncaged
Verb
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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
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Separately, a federal filing argued that the governor's unfettered discretion to sign death warrants violates death row inmates' constitutional rights to due process and had led to an arbitrary process for determining who lives and who dies.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 June 2025
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For the agricultural community, what's perhaps even more concerning than DOGE's unfettered access to sensitive data is the capacity to change it or even deny and cancel payments.—
Jenna McLaughlin,
NPR,
10 July 2025
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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
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Judging by the nearly 45 minutes of trailers and assorted promotional material that have been released to date, Kojima is doubling down on everything that made the original such a brilliant, odd classic.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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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
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In-ho shot Jun-ho, who fell off a cliff but survived and was rescued by a fisherman.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
26 Dec. 2024
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“Uncaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncaged. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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