involuntary
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Before being arrested, Greensmith had made online searches for a lawyer and looked at a page with information on "involuntary manslaughter", the court heard.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Operating expenses rose sharply in the quarter to $329.1 million from $164.1 million in the first quarter, including a $125.9 million loss on involuntary conversion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The largest negative contributor to the ETI in July came from the share of involuntary part-time workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Writing in the Yale Law Journal, Cherneff reconstructed the history of In re Turner, an 1867 decision by Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase that helped end the re-enslavement of Black children through involuntary “apprenticeships.”
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
One of the reasons laughter is so effective as a tool for persuasion—and any stand-up comic who has ever seen off a heckler with a zinging one-liner knows this—is that laughter is involuntary assent.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Vocabulary lists containing involuntary
13th Amendment (1865)
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