Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untethered
Verb
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McTavish handled the puck in the middle of the left circle and unleashed a wrist shot through traffic that beat Wallstedt.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
15 Apr. 2026 -
The 1980s unleashed a passionate wave of student protests and artistic flowering to disassemble the island’s brutal dictatorship.—
Michelle Kuo,
The Dial,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Shortly after the Padres tied the contest in the top of the fifth, Contreras untied it with his first Red Sox home run.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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Newcastle were not united, but untied; undercooked and picked apart by their local rivals.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Kelce unfastened the clasp on another necklace and then a third, before Chris Jones, his teammate for a decade, walked over and approached him.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Untethered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untethered. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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