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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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If successful, the technology is slated for wider adoption across multiple EV lines, signaling a potential shift away from lithium-dependent batteries.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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Previously, the tax code allowed claiming the child credit if the child or dependent had a Social Security number.—
Sarah Moreno
February 6,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Unlike linear connections between concepts, an associative trail could link items flexibly, moving between subject areas, even entire fields, joining text, images, and audio recordings into novel configurations.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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In order to operate in Portland, certain businesses must be approved for conditional use and are subject, pursuant to Portland’s zoning provisions, to restrictions outlined in their respective conditional use permits.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
7 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
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Annis is an enslaved woman, sold south to a Louisiana sugarcane plantation.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
8 Feb. 2026
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In 1854, an opportunity presented itself when Anthony Burns, an enslaved man, fled from Virginia and settled in Boston — the center of abolitionist sentiment in the US and a kind of sanctuary city for runaways.—
Stephen Mihm,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Unfree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfree. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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