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as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
authorities eventually unfettered the menagerie of wild animals that had been kept illegally as pets
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Recent Examples of unfettered
Alex Golden, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
Both are at the rear of the home, have large windows that admit abundant natural light and give unfettered views of the beautiful yard.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2025
On Thursday, the Trump administration also restored funding for Open Technology Fund, an independent nonprofit group that Congress has financed to ensure unfettered access to uncensored internet in countries with restrictions, according to court filings.
—Minho Kim, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The mix of slower population growth and unfettered spending will also result in weaker economic growth over the next three decades than what the Congressional Budget Office projected last year.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
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Brooks argued that while unfettered social media access can be harmful to kids, there's no evidence the law would achieve the state's goal of protecting minors.
—Alex Golden, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
Both are at the rear of the home, have large windows that admit abundant natural light and give unfettered views of the beautiful yard.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2025
On Thursday, the Trump administration also restored funding for Open Technology Fund, an independent nonprofit group that Congress has financed to ensure unfettered access to uncensored internet in countries with restrictions, according to court filings.
—Minho Kim, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The mix of slower population growth and unfettered spending will also result in weaker economic growth over the next three decades than what the Congressional Budget Office projected last year.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfettered
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But she’s also been freed in a way.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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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
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In the National Academies' most recent decadal survey released in 2022, a panel of researchers recommended NASA continue with the MSR program but stated the program's cost should not undermine other planetary science missions.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
8 Jan. 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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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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Four family members were later rescued as authorities continued recovery efforts.—
Dale Denwalt,
USA TODAY,
26 Dec. 2024
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Amid such unrestrained play, the mind seizes all the more fiercely onto recurring images.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2025
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To our collective pleasure, S.S. Rajamouli directs with an absolutely unrestrained imagination: fight scenes defy gravity, characters crash through walls and metaphors alike and even the smallest moments are delivered with mythic weight.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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This accounted for just 3 percent of heating fires overall, but these led to more than 40 percent of fatalities, in part because portable heaters tend to be placed precisely where people live and sleep, and because the resulting fires are far more likely to be unconfined.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
24 Mar. 2025
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But even with this extensive network, there still is a need for improvements to address data gaps and enhance the representation of different aquifers, both in confined and unconfined conditions.—
Claire Marks,
Austin American-Statesman,
27 Aug. 2024
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“Unfettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfettered. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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