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Recent Examples of untether
Republicans want to untether Virginia from California’s automobile emissions guidelines, which require that all new vehicles be electric or hydrogen-powered by 2035.
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Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
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
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Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untether
Verb
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Because you can't get untied every time.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
14 June 2026
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Scrunching up in the back seat to untie her heels, Vergara managed to slip out of the shoes and right back into a pair of white Skechers sneakers.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
13 June 2026
Verb
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In Tennessee, a pickup truck carrying about 1 million bees overturned near Knoxville in April, unleashing a swarm that blanketed the crash scene.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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In contrast to missteps domestically, Starmer has won praise for his international role, notably in rallying European support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion, and working to mitigate the economic and political turmoil unleashed by the Iran conflict.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 June 2026
Verb
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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
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But for Buddhists, dying is an opportunity to unbind from the past and start again.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Transforming the cabin from sitting to sleeping is a group effort that includes unpacking the ladder (usually stowed beneath the seats with the luggage), unfastening the upper bunks, and making the beds.—
Emily Manthei,
Travel + Leisure,
10 May 2026
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After the pink fabric is unfastened from styrofoam beams floating 200 feet out from each island, the sections are towed to shore and rolled up in bundles, Morgan said.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Untether.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untether. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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