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for free

ADJECTIVE
scot-free
Synonyms
WEAK
costing nothing free of charge without making a payment without penalty

Example Sentences

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When writing feels like competing with software that works for free, the impulse isn’t to fight harder.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

But the league issued a statement asserting that fans can see every NFL game played by the teams in their markets for free on broadcast TV unlike every other major sport.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

These are just some of the questions being posed by a play that has been shown for free to about 1,500 schoolchildren and young people in Northern Ireland in recent weeks.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

The notion of having to seek permission or paying to use an international waterway that they previously used for free and without condition will stretch those states’ tolerance, Oxford Analytica said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

I was amazed that we had been given all of this food for free!

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince