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to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
activists for animal rights who would like to unchain zoo animals and return them to the wild
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Recent Examples of unchained
Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
The cap just seems unchained now.
—Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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
Adjective
Weisswange glanced around at the machines on either side of us, all of them waiting for repairs, their tracks unchained and gun barrels angled upward.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
The cap just seems unchained now.
—Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchained
Adjective
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Kate doesn’t need any extra data to grasp the threat posed by unfettered online betting.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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Given Amazon’s seemingly unfettered desire for major sports properties, Prime Video will likely be in the market for more golf — if its streaming audience responds.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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He was freed from jail on March 31, after posting $190,000 through a bond company, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Law enforcement freed him after consulting with prosecutors who recommended against filing charges at this time, with investigations underway.—
Corey Williams,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The company’s failure to repay billions of dollars of wealth management products unleashed frustration among the lower and middle classes, many of whom had investments wiped out, provoking protests and threatening social stability.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
14 Apr. 2026
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The man in the mirror will be unleashed in Michael, an upcoming biopic about pop icon Michael Jackson.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Igra and her mother were still living there when Russian and Cossack forces liberated them, as Igra said during her Eskaton talk.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Maybe the mere fact of having been born illustrious, with no apparent faults, with nothing to prove or to be ashamed of, had liberated John from the resentments the rest of us feel, and from the cunning and ambition such resentments fuel.—
Jeffrey Eugenides,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Few details have been released, but Miami police told CBS News Miami that shortly before midnight, officers received a ShotSpotter alert near the main stage in the area of Northeast 2nd Avenue and 62nd Street.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Ginn was released on $1,000 bond.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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An escaped convict who shot and killed a state trooper was found hiding in Pennsuco.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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His car was found on the Turkey Creek Bridge near Denver, where he had been abducted by an escaped murderer, Joseph Corbett, looking for a quick get-rich scheme.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The son jumped from the roof of the home to a neighboring building, where he was rescued by firefighters on a ladder truck, Cruz said.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The contract, Manson notes, almost certainly rescued an otherwise ailing Palantir from corporate oblivion.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Unchained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchained. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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