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as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
authorities eventually unfettered the menagerie of wild animals that had been kept illegally as pets
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Recent Examples of unfettered
Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
News of Lionsgate’s deal with Runway comes at a time when studios have increasingly begun implementing AI into their projects, despite many filmmakers’ concerns about how the technology’s unfettered use could threaten their jobs.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2024
For years, people have worried about the effects that unfettered and unsupervised social-media use may have on young people—that these platforms may contribute to depression, anxiety, severe body-image issues, and even suicide risk.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
That was a highly productive period during which van Gogh delivered more than 74 paintings and 33 drawings, including the one that now lives on in the fields of central Bosnia as an homage to van Gogh, and to unfettered imagination.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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But that unfettered access to new and vintage content comes at a price for Hollywood.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
News of Lionsgate’s deal with Runway comes at a time when studios have increasingly begun implementing AI into their projects, despite many filmmakers’ concerns about how the technology’s unfettered use could threaten their jobs.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2024
For years, people have worried about the effects that unfettered and unsupervised social-media use may have on young people—that these platforms may contribute to depression, anxiety, severe body-image issues, and even suicide risk.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
That was a highly productive period during which van Gogh delivered more than 74 paintings and 33 drawings, including the one that now lives on in the fields of central Bosnia as an homage to van Gogh, and to unfettered imagination.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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The team’s next goal is to explore how plant life colonizes landscapes that have recently been freed from ice, and to predict how this process might unfold in the future.Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said she was freed after over four months of efforts from Iraqi government agencies working with American and Jordanian authorities.Nechirvan Mando, Michael Rios and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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An image of Roshanak Molaei, verified and released by the Norwegian human rights group Hengaw.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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One bird tutor was then released into each group, so that the flock mates could learn to use one solution over another.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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The children were subsequently rescued and told Gindinova that everyone in the family had been confirmed safe, except the Segens.Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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The Elephant Nature Park is an elephant rescue and rehabilitation center in the Chiang Mai countryside that has rescued more than 200 elephants from the tourism and logging industries since its inception in the 1990s.Kocha Olarn, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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Netanyahu and Trump: A Complex Alliance A second Trump presidency could renew Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hopes for unrestrained U.S. support.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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In most of those incidents, which took place from 2012 to 2022, bedding material was added to the product and the babies were unrestrained.Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024
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Destroying a pier is likely beyond the capability of an unconfined sea drone explosion.Ben Hodges, Led Klosky, Robert Person, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2023
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But the physics of an unconfined air blast that disperses its energy in all directions meant that only a small percentage of the blast’s force was focused directly on the bridge’s underside.Ben Hodges, Led Klosky, Robert Person, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2023
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“Unfettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfettered. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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