unshackling

verb

present participle of unshackle
as in emancipating

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  1. emancipating
  2. liberating
  3. freeing
  4. enfranchising
  5. springing
  6. unlocking
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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
Definition of emancipating
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  • For Russian propagandists, the Azov Brigade, which began as a nationalist militia, was shorthand for the supposedly fascist influences from which Vladimir Putin claimed to be liberating Ukraine.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • By liberating real-time data flows, financial institutions can gain a single, accurate source of truth.
    — Jody Bhagat, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of liberating
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  • Where previous generations tended to stall partway, the model could carry a researcher's experiment through to the end, freeing them to run more at once.
    — Harry Booth, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The extra compression zipper shrinks the bulk of everything from linen dresses to matching sets, freeing up valuable suitcase space without sacrificing organization.
    — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of freeing
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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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  • At a recent pre-opening event, Garrelts pointed to a flower springing out of a vase.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Search lived alongside breakouts for news, email, sports, weather, finance, and other content, all designed to keep users on the site rather than springing off to results pages.
    — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of springing
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  • Obesity drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk have been pushing to boost employer coverage, which is key to unlocking greater uptake for their treatments.
    — Hugh Son,Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Still, unlocking the doors may give a thief the access needed to try another method.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of unlocking
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“Unshackling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unshackling. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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