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untether

Example Sentences

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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
  • Several minutes later, Chenoweth reappeared onstage, in a black Blondie sweatshirt and untied white sparkly sneakers.
    Dan Greene, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • There was a big debate about that part where a kid tells Agnes that her shoes are untied.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Prodded by OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT in late 2022, Google has been steadily rolling out more of its own technology designed to ensure its products continue to evolve with the upheaval being unleashed by AI.
    Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
  • These collisions unleash bursts of energy, allowing physicists to explore the most fundamental building blocks of the universe.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • 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
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 26 Nov. 2025.

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