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as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
uncaged the bird and let it fly away
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Adjective
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For her part, BunnaB, beloved for her infectious, near-constant laughs, has separated herself from this ascendant pack by infusing her bubbly disposition, girl’s girl attitude, unfettered authenticity — and the unmistakable gravity of earning a second shot.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025 -
So that was wonderful and the next minute the woman, waitress, air hostess, was carting grog down to the Warlps who decided to bring out the boomerangs and there was loud singing of love, then of country, then unfettered crying for Yuendumu, all in Warlpiri, and the grog kept flowing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Once she is freed, Dek discover the robot is missing her bottom half.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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And, of course, Amherst had freed Black people, and I was told that there were Black people who were working for the family outside of the house, in the fields and gardens.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Both eruptions unleashed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) — vast plumes of magnetized plasma — but early modelling shows neither is directed at Earth.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Severe weather warnings were issued across Northern and Central California on Tuesday as a strong atmospheric river unleashed heavy rain, damaging winds, and mountain snow.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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On an email chain including seven of Stryker’s lawyers, the company’s legal team filed a motion for a temporary restraining order on the records, more than an hour after UC released them to The Enquirer.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 Nov. 2025
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Jay Maytorena, 22, listed as a current or former student, was cited and released for refusing to leave and obstruction.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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However, on multiple visits to the neighborhood, the two dogs were unchained in the yard during different times of the day and night, the Herald observed.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Lawrence is liberated from anything resembling propriety or self-consciousness here.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Fed chair’s grounding in history liberated him from rigid doctrines and encouraged innovative policymaking.—
John T. Shaw,
Twin Cities,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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In 2007, an escaped Siberian tiger attacked and killed one zoo patron and injured two others in a cafe at the San Francisco Zoo.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
22 Sep. 2025
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The photo, informally titled The Scourged Back and depicting an escaped slave believed to have been named Peter Gordon, has been in wide circulation since the nineteeth century and is evocative of the horrors and injustice of slavery.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Five people are safe after the Coast Guard rescued them from a sinking sailboat hundreds of miles off the North Carolina coast Thursday.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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One specific example cited by Grossman showed how BBC Arabic gave greater prominence to Hamas in a BBC News story about a Yazidi woman who was allegedly rescued by Israeli soldiers after being trafficked to Gaza, where she was held captive by a Palestinian member of Hamas.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Uncaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncaged. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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