untether

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Recent Examples of untether 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 Yet as Lourenço has shown in Angola, sometimes new leaders can untether themselves from their patrons. Judd Devermont, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019 Jafferis hopes to untether it by installing a power source on the craft itself. Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2012 See All Example Sentences for untether
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untether
Verb
  • There was a big debate about that part where a kid tells Agnes that her shoes are untied.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The skate laces Kirill Kaprizov untied following the Minnesota Wild’s morning skate on Friday were white.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Torrential downpours and forceful winds have already unleashed widespread destruction along the storm’s path in Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Despite a complete media and communications blackout, making specifics hard to determine, videos trickled out of El Fasher showing the brutality being unleashed on the civilian population.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But for Buddhists, dying is an opportunity to unbind from the past and start again.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The blazers who run the major championships have not yet commissioned sculptures of these two women, who so unbound their sport and gave the gift of professional aspiration to so many.
    Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
Verb
  • Adama unfastened a padlock and loosened the chain securing the doors.
    Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Chisolm immediately dropped his bat and unfastened his elbow guard.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Untether.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untether. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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