emancipate

Example Sentences

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“I’m,” she says, leaning in and speaking with a whisper, “emancipated now!”

From Los Angeles Times

Yet he didn’t emancipate the 123 people he enslaved until after his death, through his will.

From Washington Post

The bill is modeled on laws in New York and Oregon and would also extend records privacy to refugees, emancipated minors and people who have been granted asylum.

From Seattle Times

For a certain subset of Britney Spears fans, who call themselves her “Army,” there is no cause greater than emancipating Ms. Spears from the conservatorship that controls her life and finances.

From New York Times

In his operas, Wagner went on to create other women like this, such as Isolde or Brünnhilde, women who are gradually being emancipated, who are acting on their own.

From New York Times