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to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
the animal rightists snuck into the laboratory in the middle of the night to liberate all of the monkeys
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to set free from entanglement or difficulty
we were liberated from our financial woes when we hit the grand prize in the lottery
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Recent Examples of liberated
Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
Iraq has made remarkable progress in defeating the Islamic State, or ISIS, but that success has come at a great cost to those who live in the liberated areas.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2018
At the same time, many felt liberated, noticing more around them and enjoying the freedom of not accessing work emails in the evening.
—Alyson Meister
nele Dael, Harvard Business Review, 12 Feb. 2024
Sequoia Union High School District, Morgan Hill Unified School District and Berkeley Unified School District are also facing backlash from community members for their ties to the liberated coalition’s model.
—Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 10 June 2024
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Altman shot the movie in Houston, and Duvall was a real Texas discovery, immediately hypnotic with her wide-eyed gaze, sing-song voice, chatterbox patter and liberated, angular presence.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
Iraq has made remarkable progress in defeating the Islamic State, or ISIS, but that success has come at a great cost to those who live in the liberated areas.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2018
At the same time, many felt liberated, noticing more around them and enjoying the freedom of not accessing work emails in the evening.
—Alyson Meister
nele Dael, Harvard Business Review, 12 Feb. 2024
Sequoia Union High School District, Morgan Hill Unified School District and Berkeley Unified School District are also facing backlash from community members for their ties to the liberated coalition’s model.
—Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 10 June 2024
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The team’s next goal is to explore how plant life colonizes landscapes that have recently been freed from ice, and to predict how this process might unfold in the future.Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said she was freed after over four months of efforts from Iraqi government agencies working with American and Jordanian authorities.Nechirvan Mando, Michael Rios and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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Following her arrest in September 2022, Molaei was sentenced to over six years in prison but released in February 2023 after being granted amnesty, according to Hengaw.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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One bird tutor was then released into each group, so that the flock mates could learn to use one solution over another.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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The Elephant Nature Park is an elephant rescue and rehabilitation center in the Chiang Mai countryside that has rescued more than 200 elephants from the tourism and logging industries since its inception in the 1990s.Kocha Olarn, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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The guard members said crews stationed with them at McGhee Tyson Airport have rescued about 100 people over the weekend and delivered tens of thousands of pounds of supplies.NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Liberated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberated. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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