variants
also disenthraled
as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
we must disenthrall ourselves from time-honored ways of doing things, or we will never progress as a society
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That’s freed up the large teams once dedicated to data entry and cleaning, many of whom have been redeployed onto building internal evaluations.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026 -
The girl reportedly freed herself and knocked on a nearby neighbor's door, where she was brought inside to safety.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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The families survived until their little Dutch town of Zeilberg was liberated in September 1944.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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His breakdown moment with Lane’s Willy, whose explosive temper is finally subdued by his son’s desperate need to be seen, draws out all the tragic heartbreak of a classic that has been liberated from the customary domestic trappings only to be made more intimate.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Targeted again almost immediately, Shuji is rescued by detective Soma Ryosuke (Takahashi Issey), who turns to former television journalist Yarimizu Nanao (Saitoh Takumi) for help sheltering him.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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Firefighters rescued one adult and two children from the home.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2026
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That would mark the first withdrawal under this tool since February 2025, according to Bloomberg calculations based on the operation plan released late on Friday.—
Bloomberg,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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His name and the name of the suspect in the shooting have not yet been released by police.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Trump, in remarks to reporters after the dinner, said the suspect shot one Secret Service agent at close range and that the agent was saved by a bulletproof vest.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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These rules also apply to child influencers, whose income must be saved the same way.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Colorado law ties teens to their parents unless they can get emancipated by the court.—
Fraidy Reiss,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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The actress would go on to struggle with addiction issues and in February 1991, emancipated herself at the age of 14.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
5 Dec. 2025
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As crises have accumulated in the decade since, the hoodie’s tight connection to anti-Black violence seems to have loosened.—
Dawn Chan,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Plus, the straps can be tightened or loosened to your liking.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Disenthralled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenthralled. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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