- past tense form of emancipate.
- past participle of emancipate.
emancipated
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The 54-year-old pastor, a former rector of the Christian University of Sumba, wants atas to be emancipated.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
My children received survivor’s benefits until they emancipated.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
For Pontormo, who studied with Leonardo da Vinci and was influenced by Michelangelo and Dürer, it’s the painting that shows him stylistically emancipated from those giants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Theo is far more psychologically evolved, but he has his own blind spots that provoke Sally, who’s more emancipated than Sylvia but less professionally assured and just as unstable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
Most of the students were children of immigrant Jews who preferred to regard themselves as having been emancipated from the fenced-off ghetto mentality typical of the other Jewish parochial schools in Brooklyn.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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