unmoor

verb

Definition of unmoornext
as in to unfetter

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Recent Examples of unmoor By Big Tech standards, Netflix has remained a strongly independent company over its 25-year run, spurning big acquisitions and splashy deals that could unmoor its roots. — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 14 July 2022 The German Greens, now part of the country’s ruling coalition, lashed out at previous governments for not working faster to unmoor Germany’s economy from Russian fossil fuels. — Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022 When announced at Jackson Hole in August, the goal of the Fed’s new doctrine was actually to unmoor inflation expectations, which were purportedly running too low for too long. — Kevin Warsh, WSJ, 7 June 2021 But the overarching ambitions laid out by Sims-Fewer and Mancinelli, who’ve collaborated before on a handful of notable short films, unmoor the writer-directors from the heart of their subject. — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2021 See All Example Sentences for unmoor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmoor
  1. unfetter
  2. liberate
  3. unshackle
  4. emancipate
  5. unchain
  6. enfranchise
  7. unbind
  8. uncage
Verb
  • The Safdies are pointedly effective in capturing the way in which a chaotic city’s overall rhythm goes on unfettered even as a character experiences a horrific disruption or glitch in one small part of it.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2019
  • By manufacturing satellite components in space, Made In Space hopes to unfetter some of those launch constraints.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2019
Definition of unfetter
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  • Personal revelations feel liberating under the Aquarius full moon.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • Indeed, by then, the hypnotic spell had been cast across all of Europe, including on those liberated from the drab tyrannies of actually existing socialism.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
Definition of liberate
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  • The judge denied a request to unshackle him completely, saying that the handcuffs would be removed while Burke was at the table but that his legs would remain shackled under it.
    — Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 22 July 2026
  • Still, lawmakers believe embracing nuclear energy is essential to unshackle the Philippines from volatile global energy markets.
    — Lorela U. Sandoval, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2026
Definition of unshackle
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  • In 1775, his first enslaver sold him to the commander of Framingham's Minute Men, who emancipated him, and Salem went on to fight at Lexington and Concord.
    — Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026
  • Finally, David ends the episode with a discussion of Shakespeare’s Othello and how ancient plays can emancipate readers from some of their modern prejudices.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
Definition of emancipate
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  • The nationwide standalone 5G that the carrier announced Wednesday essentially unchains that service from 4G LTE, allowing devices to connect to the network without first requiring a setup via AT&T’s older and slower network.
    — PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
  • When Henson refused to unchain herself from the fence, California Highway Patrol arrested her.
    — Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
Definition of unchain
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  • The state is an outlier in taking days to count most votes, but supporters of the system say it is designed to enfranchise more people while protecting against fraud.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 6 June 2026
  • The Radical Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, as Michael Waldman writes in The Fight to Vote, was even blunter than Sumner about the necessity of enfranchising Black men.
    — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
Definition of enfranchise
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  • This work unbinds the body from centuries of Western imagery, freeing it from representation and opening it to abstraction.
    — Mame-Diarra Niang, Artforum, 2 Nov. 2025
  • But for Buddhists, dying is an opportunity to unbind from the past and start again.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of unbind
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  • With the help of the wise and mysterious maid Willie May (Latifah) and a stubborn new girl in school played by Mills, the boy must decide whether to set the tiger free and in turn uncage his emotional grief.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2019
Definition of uncage

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