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as in tied
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains
museum artifacts that serve as somber reminders of the days when slaves were fettered with irons
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as in hampered
to create difficulty for the work or activity of
the belief that too many rules and restrictions fetter children's creativity
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Adjective
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For the spring 2025 women’s collection, Prada has produced a bound book of 10 short stories by American author Ottessa Moshfegh, and starring Carey Mulligan.—
Booth Moore,
WWD,
3 Feb. 2025 -
Fischer, 31, was found bound and slain at her home on Point San Pedro Road.—
Cameron Macdonald,
The Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Williams tied a career high with four made 3-pointers, and Keon Johnson tied a career high with eight assists.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2025
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After the first quarter ended with the score tied at 22, the Jazz dominated the Heat 40-19 in the second quarter to enter halftime with a 21-point lead.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But some of those taken captive are now coming home dead.—
Rawan Sheikh Ahmad,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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More than 48,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war began after Hamas' surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killed 1,200 people and hundreds more were taken captive.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Late in the game, #63 of the Baltimore Colts threw a great block that impeded two of the Giants defenders to spring Alan Ameche (#35) for a long gain.—
Drew Carberry,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Dec. 2024
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In addition to extreme weather conditions, the cast and crew had to contend with various Hollywood strike shutdowns that impeded filming.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Introducing concepts of profit and greed, the Pilgrims attempted to trade enslaved Africans for Native land.—
Mickell Carter / Made by History,
TIME,
19 Feb. 2025
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From the enslaved women who set the tables for others to the moguls of today, the story of Black women in home and lifestyle is not one of erasure but of relentless reclamation.—
Essence,
Essence,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Last year, Marina traded the glitz and glam of her pop persona for the more subdued reflections of a poet.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2025
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The analyst contended that while Amazon issued a subdued outlook and announced a huge increase in capital expenditure, its margins surpassed expectations and the cloud business AWS (Amazon Web Services) fared better than its peers.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But there are still 5,000 seats that have obstructed views.—
Scott Powers,
The Athletic,
28 Dec. 2024
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Such large-scale research has been difficult, particularly during the most deadly waves of the pandemic when clinic restrictions and medical emergencies obstructed consistent testing.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Fettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fettered. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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