untether

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Recent Examples of untether Jafferis hopes to untether it by installing a power source on the craft itself. Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2012 It gets skewed into these wild and intensely dogmatic beliefs that untether people from reality. Candice Benbow, Essence, 15 Dec. 2022 With Revolver, the Beatles finally took the time to untether themselves from their past. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2022 Many want to untether their careers from their identities. Lindsay Ellis and Angela Yang, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for untether
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untether
Verb
  • The situation began to unfold after the ship was untied from the dock at 8:16 p.m. Three minutes later, the tugboat Charles D. McAllister assisted the Cuauhtémoc off the pier.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 30 June 2025
  • But the audience reaction still reflects something interesting about the challenges of adaptation and how some great stories come with knots that cannot be untied.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • Fewer rules and pages translate to less red tape and less stifling of innovation, potentially unleashing fresh economic dynamism.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The 24-year-old can also unleash a bullet with her left foot, as demonstrated by her screamer against Wales in 2021, her first goal for France.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • But for Buddhists, dying is an opportunity to unbind from the past and start again.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The book was centered on the idea that Russia’s geography is its fate and that there is nothing any ruler can do to unbind himself from the necessities of securing his lands.
    Anton Barbashin, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2014
Verb
  • His bow tie wants to be untied, his vest buttons unfastened, his top hat removed.
    James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
  • On Black Friday last year, with the Chiefs and Raiders reserved for a national TV audience, quarterback Patrick Mahomes slammed a football between his hands and angrily unfastened his chin strap before yelling toward the sideline.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025

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“Untether.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untether. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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