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emancipated

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verb

past tense of emancipate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of emancipated
Verb
Winter was legally emancipated and declared an adult at age 17 in 2015. — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 In 1775, his first enslaver sold him to the commander of Framingham's Minute Men, who emancipated him, and Salem went on to fight at Lexington and Concord. — Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026 The long shadow of the occupation Twenty-three years after George Bush and Tony Blair resolved that Iraqis were to be emancipated, the country remains captive to a masquerade of power. — Nabil Salih, Time, 26 May 2026 When Winter was 14 years old, she was placed in the care of her older sister and three years later, she was legally emancipated. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 Once the Southern Crescent pulled into the station, all trains bound north were emancipated from Jim Crow laws. — Literary Hub, 11 May 2026 Colorado law ties teens to their parents unless they can get emancipated by the court. — Fraidy Reiss, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026 Even those who emancipated the theory from complex numbers admit that the latter are a natural fit. — Daniel Garisto, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025 Nev, who’s now 17 and emancipated, returns to Avan Island. — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emancipated
Adjective
  • The slide-out kitchen stores away under the bed so as not to take up any of the liberated floor space.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The liberated bundle then touches down somewhere else in the genome, where native DNA repair processes paste it in.
    — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In present day, back on the planet decimated by the Manhunters, John interrogates Sinestro (Ulrich Thomsen) and learns that Noah freed the villain from prison.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Once imprisoned on corruption charges, Lula was freed by the nation's Supreme Court and then defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a heated 2022 election by a razor-thin margin.
    — David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Robert—a man born in Africa, enslaved in America, and now a free farmer—and his freeborn African-American herbalist wife, Mary, had worked diligently to ensure this security for themselves and their children.
    — Janet Barber, Scientific American, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Phalanx warfare was so common in ancient Greece that most freeborn males took part in it many times.
    — James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
Verb
  • There’s also the heating and cooling system, wherein heat generated by the hotel’s air-conditioning units is used to produce hot water rather than being released into the atmosphere.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Russian officials have not released figures on damage to the country's oil infrastructure.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Navy has reported that there were eight suicide attempts aboard the carrier during the deployment, including one sailor who jumped overboard and was later rescued.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Once inside, two people described as older adults were rescued from the home.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

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“Emancipated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emancipated. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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