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Recent Examples of unanchored
Potential impacts include: - Damage to porches, awnings, carports, sheds, and unanchored mobile homes is possible.
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 July 2025
And Treasury yields have not exactly become unanchored from long-prevailing trends.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 May 2025
Consumer expectations for inflation popped to their highest levels in more than a year, threatening to become unanchored on the heels of strong economic performance in recent months.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 7 Feb. 2025
Twisters at that strength can destroy mobile homes, flip or lift cars, and sweep away unanchored homes.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 July 2025
And Treasury yields have not exactly become unanchored from long-prevailing trends.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 May 2025
Consumer expectations for inflation popped to their highest levels in more than a year, threatening to become unanchored on the heels of strong economic performance in recent months.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 7 Feb. 2025
Twisters at that strength can destroy mobile homes, flip or lift cars, and sweep away unanchored homes.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unanchored
Adjective
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In a video captured by PEOPLE, the actor, 29, is seen adjusting the back of Zendaya's blue and white patterned dress that had seemingly come undone.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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But therein lies the danger with what the Pistons have done here, while coming undone themselves.—
John Niyo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Grandaddy, unbeaten and untied and still heavyweight champion of the college football world.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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The images featured Williams striking several poses while standing in knee-deep waters, wearing a yellow, one-piece swimsuit with a cutout in the center and an untied bowtie.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Despite taking a progressive stand on labor, the Church nonetheless defended industrialization and private-property rights, forging a middle way that rejected both unfettered capitalism and socialism.—
Elias Wachtel,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2026
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After the midterm elections, Kennedy will be once again unfettered in his ability to chase destruction of vaccines.—
Will Walters,
STAT,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Gallup data shows that disengaged employees (a category in which Gen Z is disproportionately represented) cost companies the equivalent of 18% of their annual salary.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Gardening for education As people increasingly left the farms in the early 1900s and became disengaged from agriculture, a gap began to emerge between the public’s perception of farming and the nuts and bolts of the practice.—
Shelley Mitchell,
The Conversation,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The car's entire battery pack, which weighs about 1,100 pounds, or about as much as a grand piano, is unbolted and whisked away, underground.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2026
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In May, a fisherman fell into the water and drowned after the seat on his bass boat became unbolted.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2024
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“Unanchored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanchored. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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