as in to liberate
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Recent Examples of unshackle
In many ways, Trump's own administration at least for its first two years would be unshackled too.
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Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Rap is a commercial and creative outlet not unshackled from the overarching jingoist predilections binding its place of origin.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
The haunted house stages feature a light bulb that Captain Astro has to pick to reveal invisible platforms while the level called Free Big Brother! has players unshackling a giant robot who has been tied down by baddies.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2024
In an effort to free the camera for elaborate shots like that 10-minute long take and unshackle it from the restrictions of boom microphones and other equipment that would normally need to be accommodated, Welles had his actors pre-record their dialogue and lip-sync to it on set.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 9 July 2024
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Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Rap is a commercial and creative outlet not unshackled from the overarching jingoist predilections binding its place of origin.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
The haunted house stages feature a light bulb that Captain Astro has to pick to reveal invisible platforms while the level called Free Big Brother! has players unshackling a giant robot who has been tied down by baddies.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2024
In an effort to free the camera for elaborate shots like that 10-minute long take and unshackle it from the restrictions of boom microphones and other equipment that would normally need to be accommodated, Welles had his actors pre-record their dialogue and lip-sync to it on set.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 9 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unshackle
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On Monday, the ISW's map noted gains by Kyiv in Ukraine's Donetsk region as well as claims by Russian sources that Ukrainian forces had liberated Novyi Komar.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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His apparent ouster would bring to a close nearly 25 years of his tight-grip rule, liberate Syria from a family dynasty that has brutally controlled Syria for double that time and inject fresh turmoil into a Middle East region already spilling over with warfare and political uncertainty.Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
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African cultures contributed significantly to carnival traditions, as enslaved people who were newly emancipated brought their musical instruments, dance rhythms, singing styles, masks and costumes to the street.Sharene Shariatzadeh, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024
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Trump has insisted his tariffs would create jobs at home and emancipate the U.S. from being at the mercy of foreign manufacturing.Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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When Henson refused to unchain herself from the fence, California Highway Patrol arrested her.Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
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Max eventually unchains himself and helps Furiosa in her quest to free the cult leader's wives, gaining mutual respect along the way.EW Staff, EW.com, 3 July 2024
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As spring ends, maple trees begin to unfetter winged seeds that flutter and swirl from branches to land gently on the ground.Nikk Ogasa, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2021
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His long run in office, however, delivered only partial victories on his two primary ambitions: to unfetter Japan’s military after decades of postwar pacifism and to jump-start and overhaul its economy through a program known as Abenomics.New York Times, New York Times, 8 July 2022
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Millions were enfranchised when women got the vote in 1920, but Black women were mostly excluded from voting due to legal discrimination.JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2024
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Comprehensively enfranchising migrants as urban citizens could lead to severe backlash from the urban elites—the constituency with which the CCP most closely aligns.Damien Ma, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2015
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The book was centered on the idea that Russia’s geography is its fate and that there is nothing any ruler can do to unbind himself from the necessities of securing his lands.Anton Barbashin, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2014
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The blazers who run the major championships have not yet commissioned sculptures of these two women, who so unbound their sport and gave the gift of professional aspiration to so many.Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
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Events unmoor themselves from context.Elizabeth Nelson, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2021
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From the death of her father at 13 to her mother's refusal to take in Owusu and her sister afterward, the author navigates hardships and searches for identity, eventually pulling herself back together following a breakdown that threatens to unmoor her.Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 8 June 2021
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Tubman’s father had been manumitted by his owner, but Brodess had inherited Tubman, hiring her and her siblings out to neighbors for seasonal work, whether trapping muskrats or clearing land.Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
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Grant would manumit his one enslaved servant, William Jones, in 1859.Harold Holzer, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2024
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“Unshackle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unshackle. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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