emancipated

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For Pontormo, who studied with Leonardo da Vinci and was influenced by Michelangelo and Dürer, it’s the painting that shows him stylistically emancipated from those giants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

When Buzzard was in the 11th grade at Santa Maria High School, she filed a petition to be emancipated from Miranda, according to court records.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

There is a lot of doublespeak, that as women, we have never been as emancipated and free to do what we want as we are today.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

I’m happy to be able to say that to be emancipated from shame has been genuinely the biggest achievement of my life.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2023

She felt a certain amount of responsibility to Ernestine and the younger girls, since she knew they would never be emancipated until she paved the way.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey