emancipation

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The ad's originality lay in the fact it did not directly show off the product, but instead promised a new world of emancipation for consumers thanks to home computers.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Maybe it’s the emancipation of women in the last 50 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Mr. Pinsker attaches much importance to that effort, noting that it emboldened military enforcement of emancipation and Congressional support for black recruitment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

In 1974, Sadr launched the Movement of the Deprived, a social and political organisation which called for proportional representation for the Shia and social and economic emancipation for the poor, regardless of their religion.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

The gradual emancipation schemes adopted in the northern states never needed to face this question squarely, because the black population there remained relatively small.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis