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Recent Examples of unfree
Their robust negations appeared to put both them and their American hosts on the right side of history, compared with writers in the unfree world of authoritarian regimes, who seemed to have been permanently tainted by lies, equivocations, and evasions.
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Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
What does liberty mean and how can it be lived in an unfree world?
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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.
—Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Proponents of the Foran Act argued that contract workers were unfree people in that their employers controlled them from the moment of their arrival in the United States.
— Made By History, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
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Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
What does liberty mean and how can it be lived in an unfree world?
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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.
—Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Proponents of the Foran Act argued that contract workers were unfree people in that their employers controlled them from the moment of their arrival in the United States.
— Made By History, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfree
Adjective
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Puerto Rico’s power grid is overwhelmingly dependent on fossil fuels.—
Israel Melendez Ayala,
Time,
28 Feb. 2026
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This confirmed that the fracturing was a physical process dependent on the incredible strain of heart contractions.—
Clare Watson,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Bradshaw’s photos are the opposite of glamor shots; the images ask both subject and viewer to rethink the selfie phenomenon and the pressure to tweak images of ourselves in order to look conventionally attractive.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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There's no collision avoidance, which is common for less expensive beginner to enthusiast models, but the Atom does offer impressive subject-tracking functionality.—
James Abbott,
Space.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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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In September, a photo showing an enslaved man's scarred back from whippings was removed from a national monument in Georgia.—
Aida Mogos,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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The home was likely used as a safe house for enslaved people fleeing the South, and the passageway’s design reflects careful planning to keep that purpose hidden from anyone who might come looking.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Unfree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfree. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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