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Recent Examples of unfree
Having wrested some room to maneuver from the Supreme Court, the executive branch, and their national party, conservative Democrats disenfranchised blacks and many poorer white voters, repressed opposition parties, and imposed racially separate—and significantly unfree—civic spheres.
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Robert Mickey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
In 1854, for example, Charleston’s Washington Fire Company recorded paying unfree Black firefighters between $5.00 and $37.75 in a month.
—Justin Hawkins / Made By History, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
Because of their supply of unfree labor to fight fires, Southern leaders felt little need to fireproof their cities, or adopt the innovations in firefighting made possible by new technologies.
—Justin Hawkins / Made By History, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
As a consequence, people in unfree but commodity-rich (think oil) parts of the world don’t represent a challenge to free countries like the United States.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Robert Mickey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
In 1854, for example, Charleston’s Washington Fire Company recorded paying unfree Black firefighters between $5.00 and $37.75 in a month.
—Justin Hawkins / Made By History, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
Because of their supply of unfree labor to fight fires, Southern leaders felt little need to fireproof their cities, or adopt the innovations in firefighting made possible by new technologies.
—Justin Hawkins / Made By History, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
As a consequence, people in unfree but commodity-rich (think oil) parts of the world don’t represent a challenge to free countries like the United States.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfree
Adjective
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With funding dependent on how many pupils attend, the school’s finances were pressured.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
25 June 2025
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Spouses and dependent children of service members enrolled in SGLI.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Without it, gray wolves will be subject only to state laws.—
Jim Martin,
Denver Post,
27 June 2025
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The best way to begin is with a focused use case, such as optimizing subject lines or send times.—
Tejas Manohar,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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Burnout now consumes American physicians, who are overworked, nonautonomous and adrift without help.—
Aaron Rothstein,
wsj.com,
3 Apr. 2023
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The absence of access for nonautonomous conferences like the American Athletic Conference has also been a point of contention.—
Matt Murschel,
orlandosentinel.com,
14 May 2021
Adjective
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The actual freeing of enslaved people occurred at varying times throughout the territories where slavery existed, depending on how far the Union Army had advanced.—
Hank Beckman,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
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The video, which was recorded at a store in Atlanta, Georgia, showed several cakes minimally decorated in honor of the federal holiday on June 19, which marks the 1865 emancipation of the last enslaved people in the United States.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
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“Unfree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfree. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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