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as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
authorities eventually unfettered the menagerie of wild animals that had been kept illegally as pets
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Recent Examples of unfettered
Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
Authoritarian regimes should not have unfettered access to millions of Americans' sensitive data.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Tove rewarded him with the unfettered giggles and missing-teeth grins only young kids can deliver.
—Naomi Tomky, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
The rules would allow most European countries, Japan and other close U.S. allies to make unfettered purchases of A.I. chips, while blocking two dozen adversaries, like China and Russia, from buying them.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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There are deep fissures in Trump’s coalition between men like Steve Bannon, who favor increased economic support for the working class, and those like Musk, who want corporations and capital to be unfettered.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
Authoritarian regimes should not have unfettered access to millions of Americans' sensitive data.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Tove rewarded him with the unfettered giggles and missing-teeth grins only young kids can deliver.
—Naomi Tomky, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
The rules would allow most European countries, Japan and other close U.S. allies to make unfettered purchases of A.I. chips, while blocking two dozen adversaries, like China and Russia, from buying them.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfettered
Verb
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The hostages were freed January 21, 1981, moments after Reagan’s inauguration.—
Arthur House,
Hartford Courant,
30 Dec. 2024
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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
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Speculation that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are on the hook ramped up recently after the Treasury Department released a roadmap for how removing the two entities from conservatorship would work.—
Christopher White,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Jan. 2025
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He was released from prison in October 2019.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
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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While unrestrained display of ancient splendor defines the Seychelles’ easterly, inner islands, southern and western islands boast more familiar, low-lying sandy fare, cloaked in coconut forests.—
Paul Rubio,
AFAR Media,
23 Dec. 2024
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In order to bring authoritarian stability to Syrian politics, Assad deployed unrestrained violence.—
Sefa Secen / Made by History,
TIME,
17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But even with this extensive network, there still is a need for improvements to address data gaps and enhance the representation of different aquifers, both in confined and unconfined conditions.—
Claire Marks,
Austin American-Statesman,
27 Aug. 2024
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Destroying a pier is likely beyond the capability of an unconfined sea drone explosion.—
Ben Hodges, Led Klosky, Robert Person,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Dec. 2023
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“Unfettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfettered. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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