- past tense form of emancipate.
- past participle of emancipate.
emancipated
Example Sentences
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The author then moves on to Britain, which emancipated itself through the Protestant Reformation and became what he calls a “property despotism.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The series also asserts that Schneider was not only heavily involved in Bynes’ professional life but in her personal life as well, including trying to help Bynes get emancipated from her parents.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024
Her third great-grandfather Dean Harris was likely born into slavery in Georgia around 1835 and was emancipated after the Civil War.
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2024
“The German musical has emancipated itself from its American role models in a clever, mature and very Berlin way,” the paper’s critic, Hellmut Kotschenreuther, wrote.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2023
“Dad, I’m sorry. But I’m not a child anymore; I’m going to be eighteen in a few weeks. I’ll be legally emancipated, and I have a right to live my life how I want.”
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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