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Recent Examples of unfree
Some opposition figures pointed to future elections as a way to overturn the dictatorship, but the Trump regime had previously issued edicts that would make elections unfair and unfree.
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Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Labor leaders also stressed that as unfree people, contract workers did not come to the U.S. voluntarily; instead they were induced to migrate by capitalists.
— Made By History, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
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
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.
—Robert Mickey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
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Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Labor leaders also stressed that as unfree people, contract workers did not come to the U.S. voluntarily; instead they were induced to migrate by capitalists.
— Made By History, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
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
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.
—Robert Mickey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfree
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Verify your disability rating and dependent status and review your education benefits under the Post-9/11 or Montgomery GI Bill programs.—
Bruce Helmer,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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On estate planning, half of millionaires surveyed don’t use an estate lawyer, although their use is highly dependent on wealth levels.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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This change in subject marks the only time in her company when Taylor, who displays a seemingly endless capacity for animation and enthusiasm, loses steam.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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Chen said while Texas handles a large amount of environmental regulations through state agencies, the EPA provides subject-matter expertise.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Oct. 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
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Two copies of a poetry book by formerly enslaved poet Phillis Wheatley are bound in human skin and housed in Cincinnati.—
Cameron Knight,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
31 Oct. 2025
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In Marx’s terms, enslaved workers actually represent variable capital in the production process.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Unfree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfree. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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