as in freeing
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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Try wearing them at the waist or at hip level and enjoy freeing up your hands and becoming the most stylish person in the world.—
María Munsuri,
Glamour,
21 Sep. 2025 -
Healthcare companies are also making agentic AI investments, with Philips and GE Healthcare are piloting agents in ICUs that monitor patients continuously, freeing staff from constant checks.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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And Massie is nearing victory on a months-long quest to force a vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files, antagonizing the White House.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Swift last appeared on The Graham Norton Show in October 2022, shortly after releasing Midnights.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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Reframing failure in this way is liberating.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Still, not every architect involved has found the project’s carte blanche approach liberating.—
Siobhan Reid,
Robb Report,
7 Sep. 2025
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In reality, the recognition of a Palestinian state is a diplomatic declaration aimed at rescuing the vision of a two-state solution that would settle decades of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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Fans suspected that the pair were filming an iconic scene from the first book, when Hagrid brings Harry to Diagon Alley after rescuing him from the Dursleys' house.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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Earlier this week, hedge fund billionaire David Tepper issued a stern warning that loosening too much risks more inflation and poses other dangers to the economy and markets.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
19 Sep. 2025
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The nature of the merger will require approval from the FCC, which will likely involve loosening longstanding ownership regulations.—
Marni Rose McFall
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Where Godard and his collaborators exulted in their freedom, Linklater was intent on painstaking accuracy.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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For director and co-writer Shinsuke Sato, a third season that moved beyond the main action of the manga allowed for greater freedom to explore the questions provoked by this Borderland reveal.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Eventually led by the famous general Toussaint Louverture, who, like Christophe, had previously been enslaved, the freedom fighters demanded immediate liberation.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Working with a script by Neil Simon, May turns its tightly wound comedy into an uproarious, bitterly ironic vision of self-liberation and the pursuit of happiness.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Unfettering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfettering. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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