as in frees
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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Few things help beat the heat more than a strapless neckline, which frees up your underarms from being trapped in a hot T-shirt.
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The proclamation frees up additional state resources and personnel for response and recovery operations and can facilitate requests for state and federal disaster relief.
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Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street.
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The current agreement also releases billions of Iran's frozen funds held in overseas accounts in Qatar.
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One of the properties is owned by Kim Thomas and her husband, who run a private foundation that rescues horses, and the other is owned by the Stinchcombs family.
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After a handsome pediatrician named Steve (McConaughey) rescues Mary from oncoming traffic, the pair hit it off over the course of one impossibly romantic evening— only for Mary to discover that Steve is actually Fran's fiancé.
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Harvard’s research confirms that AI liberates managers from coordination and relay tasks, freeing them for judgment, contextual intelligence, and human connection that no system can replicate.
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Where Beyoncé added poetic interludes between songs, in Songs from the Hole, the audience learns about Jacobs' story and how his music spiritually liberates him while simultaneously being among the reasons officials cited for not granting him parole.
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That saves you the guessing game.
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Healthcare economists say giving people access to preventive healthcare saves taxpayers money in the long run by keeping the workforce healthy and relieving pressure on an overburdened system.
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The one who sets the bone-crushing screen that springs the star, then immediately sprints to the rim for the lob, then turns around and blows up the other team’s pick-and-roll on the other end all in one sequence?
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After Wally springs her from the Shaw's clutches, the group manages to lure the couple and some of their lackeys into the makeshift particle accelerator trap that former engineer Sam built out of old cathode-ray tube TVs.
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“Unfetters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfetters. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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