emancipate

Example Sentences

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“She’s a Black woman who found ways to liberate and emancipate herself in this society, in this world, on her own terms, and that’s what I take away from her legacy,” said Christovale.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

Following the French Revolution, much of Western Europe began to emancipate their Jews—but by the mid-19th century, it became clear that the initial promise of emancipation had not brought about the dreamed-for safety.

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2023

How were you able to emancipate yourself from shame?

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2023

Even if there were an evolutionary link between meat consumption and becoming human, we should be able to emancipate ourselves from it today.

From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2023

Neither Jefferson nor his heirs could afford to emancipate anyone besides the children of Sally Hemings.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis