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as in loose
not bound, confined, or detained by force
after having been chained for so long, the suddenly footloose dog ran helter-skelter about the yard
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as in freewheeling
not held back by rules, duties, or worries
wished I could be as carefree as that footloose toddler
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Recent Examples of footloose
Huppert plays a footloose and intense French woman at large in Korea and vaguely making ends meet as an untrained language tutor with eccentric methods.
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Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
This anthology is a footloose excavation of Muslim food writing foraged from some of South Asia’s best writers, with a recipe tailing each essay.
—Meher Mirza, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2023
These natural attributes no longer matter as firms are attracted to cities where footloose knowledge workers congregate.
—Ian Goldin, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2023
The result is footloose foreign capital flows out of emerging markets that are deemed riskier.
—Cristina Bodea, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2023
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Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
This anthology is a footloose excavation of Muslim food writing foraged from some of South Asia’s best writers, with a recipe tailing each essay.
—Meher Mirza, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2023
These natural attributes no longer matter as firms are attracted to cities where footloose knowledge workers congregate.
—Ian Goldin, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2023
The result is footloose foreign capital flows out of emerging markets that are deemed riskier.
—Cristina Bodea, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for footloose
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Drink kombucha with meals to improve digestion and prevent rapid blood sugar spikes, which can draw water into your intestines and cause loose stools.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
30 July 2025
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The rubber outsole performed well on a variety of outdoor surfaces, including loose rocks, dirt, and grass.—
Kevin Brouillard,
Travel + Leisure,
30 July 2025
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The podcast format gives Tolbert a more freewheeling forum than radio.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2025
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There’s no legal argument to be made against this turn away from fact-checking and towards a more freewheeling, more disinformation-laden, more confusing, more hateful and less illuminating approach.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
13 Jan. 2025
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Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
26 July 2025
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Start a free trial now to start watching some of the best soccer players in the world hit the pitch.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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Popups and its popular Sunday Suppers offer another avenue for more casual dining.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
25 July 2025
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Guests can choose from a variety of pastries and breakfast foods, coffee and more to keep things casual, or order from their selection of cocktails and wine.—
Ramal Nasim
July 25,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 2025
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Yet even as clients face existential troubles, the legal industry has remained strong, unbound by bull or bear markets.—
Liane Jackson,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Back in 1835, another outsider, Alexis de Tocqueville, famously described Americans as uniquely unbound by tradition or group norms.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
17 May 2025
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“Footloose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footloose. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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