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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

Now Eddie and Susie must decide whether to take action or risk losing it all, but unfettered ambition never ends well.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 July 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

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Zarrab, who was born in Iran but was moved to Turkey with his family as a toddler, was initially arrested in 2013 as part of a sweeping anticorruption probe overseen by Turkish law enforcement officials — but he was quickly freed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Khanna said he and his team were ultimately freed after communication between the US Embassy and a high-level official in the Israeli government.

— Kaanita Iyer, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

Definition of freed

Adjective

As Evil Dead Burn is unleashed on cinemas, the cast recently discussed the heavy toll of performing in the horror sequel.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 9 July 2026
Russia has unleashed waves of missile and drone attacks on Kyiv in recent months, including a barrage of strikes on Monday.

— Elise Spenner, ABC News, 9 July 2026

Definition of unleashed

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In a blistering statement released after Wednesday’s vote, the mayor’s office blasted the commission and longtime Chair Robb Pitts, who recently lost his reelection bid to former Commissioner Mo Ivory.

— Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 16 July 2026
Video released by Iranian state media shows patients being evacuated from Shahid Baghaei Hospital in Iran’s southwestern city of Ahvaz on Wednesday.

— Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Definition of released

Verb

Her parents arrived in America with her older sister in 1947 after getting liberated from Auschwitz concentration camp and losing most of their family in the Holocaust.

— Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
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

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

The crew was rescued by local authorities after escaping in a lifeboat, the vessel’s Company Security Officer (CSO) told the maritime organization Sunday morning local time.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 12 July 2026
Summer campers rescued Friday’s drenching rains washed away roads around Camp Taum Sauk, trapping children and staffers at the site in the small southeastern community of Lesterville, according to Sgt.

— Hallie Golden, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

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