emancipated

Example Sentences

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Duhigg also pointed to the racist roots of the policy to disenfranchise people with felony convictions, which originally targeted newly emancipated Black people in the late 1800s.

From Seattle Times

"Critical thinking is just as important as access to knowledge. That's what makes you a free and emancipated individual," he told the crowd of about 1,000 students.

From Reuters

“I’m,” she says, leaning in and speaking with a whisper, “emancipated now!”

From Los Angeles Times

But small-bodied species, because there is a decreased risk from predators on islands, are emancipated from evolutionary constraints on their size.

From Reuters

So having an emancipated free spirit was amazing.

From Salon