emancipated

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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

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

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

The first woman to be Italy’s premier, Meloni “won out against Salvini and Berlusconi. She showed that she emancipated herself against these two male leaders,” said political analyst Massimo Franco.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023

In the saddle, emancipated from their bodies, Pollard, Woolf, and all other reinsmen sailed eight feet over the world, emphatically free, emphatically alive.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand