as in emancipated
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as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
though he was an outspoken defender of liberty, this son of Virginia did not manumit his own slaves until he was on his deathbed
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Verb
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The hostages were freed January 21, 1981, moments after Reagan’s inauguration.—
Arthur House,
Hartford Courant,
30 Dec. 2024 -
What critics miss is the decades of effort by Bezos to create a network This freed him from the need to tell people what to do.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes,
29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The images from liberated camps shocked people around the world, as did survivor testimonies, and the evidence of mass murder revealed by postwar trials.—
Natalia Romik / Madę by History,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
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Grimes was newly liberated, but had no desire to return to California.—
Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The individual, whose identity hasn’t been released, was quickly restrained by fellow passengers and later detained by state troopers.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2025
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Judging by the nearly 45 minutes of trailers and assorted promotional material that have been released to date, Kojima is doubling down on everything that made the original such a brilliant, odd classic.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In November 2022, a 28-year-old man who fell overboard from a Carnival Valor cruise ship was rescued off of Louisiana's southeast coast after treading water for nearly 20 hours.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
27 Dec. 2024
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Four family members were later rescued as authorities continued recovery efforts.—
Dale Denwalt,
USA TODAY,
26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The site will also showcase regional heroes of the Underground Railroad, including the work of Smith, a freeborn woman with African American heritage who spent 21 years of her life as Stevens’ house manager and confidante (and, some speculate, his common-law wife).—
Tracy Schorn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Dec. 2023
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Some thralls were born into slavery because both of their parents were enslaved, or a freeborn man who had impregnated their enslaved mother declined to acknowledge the child.—
Neil Price,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Aug. 2020
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“Manumitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manumitted. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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