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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

The harms of unfettered wealth accumulation, on the other hand, are difficult to experience in the same emotionally potent way.

— Jen Cole Wright, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
To control the dangerous unfettered use of magic, an oversight council established ground rules on what is considered forbidden magic and the knowledge of its existence.

— Kalai Chik, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of unfettered

Verb

Those two freed a third person, who was only partially buried, and the three were able to dig out three other skiers.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Vlasova, who during her years in Russian detention had watched countless times as others were freed and she was left behind, wept.

— Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of freed

Adjective

The slump in office leasing also unleashed waves of slumping values, failed property loans and even foreclosures of delinquent mortgages.

— George Avalos, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
The 24-year-old Italian hung in with his serve and his scrambling as Zverev unleashed wave after wave of unreturned serves and laser forehands, before clicking into gear to come from a set down and lift the trophy again, 6-7(7), 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-4.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 13 July 2026

Definition of unleashed

Verb

Along for the ride in pouches behind its mandibles are spores of a fungus that are released as the insect chews through the wood.

— Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Inspector General Eliot Prescott released a 26-page report detailing the findings of his investigation into the death of 33-year-old Gamboy Guaranda at the New Haven Correctional Center on April 16.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of released

Verb

Indeed, by then, the hypnotic spell had been cast across all of Europe, including on those liberated from the drab tyrannies of actually existing socialism.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
He was born in western Ukraine and attended a military school in Kharkiv – the city liberated by Ukrainian forces in 2022 after a brutal Russian occupation early in the war.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Definition of liberated

Adjective

Video released by the Washoe County Sheriff's Office shows deputies finding 23-year-old Chase Orput lying shirtless on railroad tracks moments before taking the escaped inmate back into custody.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
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

Definition of escaped

Verb

Meghan personally called animal rights attorney Shannon Keith, who runs the Beagle Freedom Project, after hearing about 4,000 beagles being rescued from overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at the Envigo breeding and research plant in Virginia.

— Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Twelve people were rescued, and divers later located the woman and the infant in the water, police said.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026

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