1
as in voluntarily
of one's own free will
I will freely give my life for my country
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as in easily
without difficulty
the horse broke the halter rope quite freely
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For many artists working on such a project represents a unique opportunity to freely create a track that has a deeper level of integration with the storytelling of media, which is not often found in typical productions.
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Cecilia Ciocchetti, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2024
With memory foam for comfort and a design that prevents light from seeping in, this mask lets your eyes blink freely with zero pressure.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2024
Conditions were so poor that fly excrement and cobwebs covered the home’s walls and ceilings and investigators found rats freely scurrying into the broken walls and floors.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 Nov. 2024
While doing a preliminary search of the house, officers allegedly only sealed off JonBenét’s bedroom as a crime scene and allowed the family and their friends to roam freely inside the house for several hours, potentially contaminating crucial evidence.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Cecilia Ciocchetti, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2024
With memory foam for comfort and a design that prevents light from seeping in, this mask lets your eyes blink freely with zero pressure.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2024
Conditions were so poor that fly excrement and cobwebs covered the home’s walls and ceilings and investigators found rats freely scurrying into the broken walls and floors.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 Nov. 2024
While doing a preliminary search of the house, officers allegedly only sealed off JonBenét’s bedroom as a crime scene and allowed the family and their friends to roam freely inside the house for several hours, potentially contaminating crucial evidence.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Escape Cafe’s high-end beans are easily accessible across Canada, available in over 60 coffee shops and 200 supermarkets.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Furthermore, those that are likely to suffer most are those who cannot afford going to a dentist, those that live in rural areas that may not be able to access dental offices easily as well as underserved communities that do not have the luxury to purchase fluoridated water.Omer Awan, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Thankfully, things started out fairly easy with 1 and 4 Across (Bow and Caleb) and a few of the downs were pretty obvious—Ole!—but some of these really stumped me.Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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There are tools out there that make searching that information very easy.Leah Feiger, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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And because a big meal produces a huge spike in insulin, your body responds to the sugar and efficiently stores more body fat.Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2024
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Regardless of the underlying cause, the deficit causes the body to function less efficiently.Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Ensure that all of the information on your offers is readily available.Kenda Laney, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Administrative representatives at the university’s main campus in Anza and a branch campus in Mill Valley, Calif., did not have documents readily available related to student and faculty rosters and class syllabi, officers said.Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Freely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freely. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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