- past tense form of emancipate.
- past participle of emancipate.
emancipated
Example Sentences
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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
There is a lot of doublespeak, that as women, we have never been as emancipated and free to do what we want as we are today.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025
The group’s name derives from Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s unfulfilled promise to grant some emancipated slaves “40 acres and a mule” to help them start over after the Civil War.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2024
I’m happy to be able to say that to be emancipated from shame has been genuinely the biggest achievement of my life.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2023
She felt a certain amount of responsibility to Ernestine and the younger girls, since she knew they would never be emancipated until she paved the way.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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