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unmooring

verb

present participle of unmoor
as in liberating

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  1. liberating
  2. enfranchising
  3. emancipating
  4. springing
  5. freeing
  6. loosening
  7. discharging
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  • And by engaging with these powerful militaries, the group reinforced its self-image as a major regional player that was uniquely capable of liberating the Muslim world from corrupting American and Israeli influence.
    — April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
  • And yet, liberating writing from the capitalist ethic has its own value.
    — M. C. Mah, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of liberating
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  • 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 enfranchising
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  • After mutual suspicion, the two arrived at a reluctant truce in which Paul was free to bring non-Jews into the Jesus movement, emancipating them from Jewish ritual, while the original Jerusalem circle continued to keep kosher, circumcise, and all the rest.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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  • Shelton springing east and west along the baseline, showing a rally tolerance and return strategy that lasted for hours.
    — James Hansen, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • In practical terms, that means no falling back in November and no springing forward in March.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2026
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  • Arévalo was tasked with not only freeing a state captured by kleptocrats, but also strengthening one that was fundamentally weak.
    — Will Freeman, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Was working in the feature-length format freeing or more challenging?
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of freeing
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  • These parties’ platforms vary, but both point toward repatriating competences to national governments, weakening European Court of Justice jurisdiction, and loosening the common rules that make EU commitments credible to outside partners.
    — JONAS NAHM, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In recent weeks, the United States has succeeded in loosening Iran’s grip over the Strait of Hormuz while virtually shutting down Iran’s own oil exports, accelerating its economic free fall.
    — Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of loosening
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  • Spence, who pleaded guilty to assault in aid of racketeering and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, could face between 24 and 27-and-a-half years behind bars.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The approach works by controlling how oxygen reacts inside the battery during charging and discharging.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
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“Unmooring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmooring. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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