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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
Aya Shechter, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
Trump is attempting to exploit this underappreciated power in his bid to break up multilateral alliances and craft a new U.S.-led sphere of influence in which Washington enjoys unfettered primacy in its dealings with individual states.
—Nicholas Mulder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2025
Government Cheese is a surrealist family comedy set in 1969 San Fernando Valley that tells the story of the Chambers, a quirky family pursuing lofty and seemingly impossible dreams, beautifully unfettered by the realities of the world.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
The makeup of Trump’s Cabinet has been cited by Klein and others as evidence that his second term will be more unfettered than the first.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
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This fragmented approach creates an incomplete understanding of the Holocaust and the dangers of unfettered discrimination and hate.
—Aya Shechter, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
Trump is attempting to exploit this underappreciated power in his bid to break up multilateral alliances and craft a new U.S.-led sphere of influence in which Washington enjoys unfettered primacy in its dealings with individual states.
—Nicholas Mulder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2025
Government Cheese is a surrealist family comedy set in 1969 San Fernando Valley that tells the story of the Chambers, a quirky family pursuing lofty and seemingly impossible dreams, beautifully unfettered by the realities of the world.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
The makeup of Trump’s Cabinet has been cited by Klein and others as evidence that his second term will be more unfettered than the first.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 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
Verb
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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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The initial hostility was unrestrained, with religious leaders and many scientists decrying it as heretical and unproven, while others hailed it as a revolutionary insight into the workings of nature.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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In comes the laughter—deep, unrestrained, contagious.—
Noel Ransome,
Essence,
13 Feb. 2025
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 31 Mar. 2025.
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