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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
Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
After all, in the pre-tariff era, American consumers have enjoyed unfettered access to a smorgasbord of fine value wines.
—Anna Lee Iijima, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief on Tuesday demanded that Mexico put an end to the unfettered flow of raw sewage from the Tijuana region into Southern California.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
This means organizing the world into distinct spheres of influence, boundaries that demarcate the spaces where a great power has the right to practice unfettered expansion and domination.
—Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
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The center will give students on campus unfettered access to crucial upcoming technology, including cutting-edge AI software and hardware; machine learning; and digital imaging tools.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
After all, in the pre-tariff era, American consumers have enjoyed unfettered access to a smorgasbord of fine value wines.
—Anna Lee Iijima, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief on Tuesday demanded that Mexico put an end to the unfettered flow of raw sewage from the Tijuana region into Southern California.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
This means organizing the world into distinct spheres of influence, boundaries that demarcate the spaces where a great power has the right to practice unfettered expansion and domination.
—Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfettered
Verb
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But she’s also been freed in a way.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The Kremlin on Thursday freed Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American ballerina sentenced to 12 years in prison for donating to a Ukrainian charity, in exchange for a man accused of funneling military-grade electronics from the United States to Russia’s armed forces.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2025
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He was released from prison in October 2019.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
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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Hopkins returned to the part twice — gleefully unrestrained in Hannibal (2001) and altogether too restrained in Red Dragon (2002).—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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Amid such unrestrained play, the mind seizes all the more fiercely onto recurring images.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This accounted for just 3 percent of heating fires overall, but these led to more than 40 percent of fatalities, in part because portable heaters tend to be placed precisely where people live and sleep, and because the resulting fires are far more likely to be unconfined.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
24 Mar. 2025
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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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“Unfettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfettered. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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