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Rodriguez said the College Board in recent years has increasingly partnered with nonprofits to offer free test preparation services, including live online tutoring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Overseas visitors will not be charged to enter England's national museums after ministers decided against changing the universal free admission policy.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
"It's great news that the government has committed to continuing to keep museums free for everyone," London Mayor Sadiq Khan said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
It focused on free speech, calling for “rigorous deliberation and engaged discourse” and arguing that difficult conversations should be “a feature, not a bug” of university life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
We too belonged to that wide free world.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
“The freer the flow of world trade, the stronger the tides for human progress and peace among nations.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
United's freer approach has been praised by the maverick Fernandes, who saw a boost in his output following Carrick's appointment last season and was subsequently crowned Premier League Player of the Season.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Any credible path toward de-escalation and freer flows through Hormuz would ease one of the biggest risk premiums hanging over crude.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
He felt freer to work when operating outside of the United States.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
His mouse paws tugged at the hood until her mouth was freer, and she gulped at the frozen air.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Once El Daña and Oakley step on stage for the show, drag allows them to be their freest selves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
The Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF seeks exposure to “the freest emerging markets, because we believe those are the places to find the next big growth stories,” Tolle said.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 17, 2025
Spain today is one of the freest countries in the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
He says he plans to "forge the freest, most advanced, most dynamic and most dominant civilization ever to exist on the face of this earth."
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025
I still wasn't sure how much Joan knew, after our trip to the Emergency Ward, but a few days later she had come back to live in Belsize, retaining, however, the freest of town privileges.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
That reaction ultimately frees cysteine that the cell can use.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
That frees up experienced cyber workers to investigate more serious alerts that require professional judgment, he said: “The work doesn’t disappear; it moves up the stack.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"That was really clever," said Milanesi, arguing the arrangement frees Ternus from a role Cook has handled alone for years.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
“When you go through something like that,” he says, “you really start taking inventory of your life. There’s something about that that frees you up to take a risk. I was ready to reinvent myself.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
First, it frees their mothers to have more calves.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
After 16 months in prison—and a global campaign for his release—Evan was finally freed in August 2024, in the largest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
"So, as you all know, my schedule freed up a bit," he said upon announcing the tour on Thursday.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
That, too, may feel inadequate and potentially perilous—would Clancy be freed in just a few years?
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
A Los Angeles County man will soon be freed from state prison where he spent 12 years after being wrongfully convicted of shooting two men in Lynwood in 2013, prosecutors said Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
When Martha Washington died in May 1802, some of the Custis dower slaves were divided among her four grandchildren, and others were freed.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
This is a practical example of how to save money on taxes while also freeing up funds to bolster your retirement nest egg.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
In Yemen's capital Sanaa, Houthi supporters celebrated the freeing of 210 prisoners held in areas that fell to the group and had spent up to eight years in jail.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Over here on the savory side, I’m equally evangelical about freeing stuffing from Thanksgiving.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
That’s because freeing hydrogen from its bond with oxygen in water requires an extraordinary amount of energy — and expensive equipment — making it cost prohibitive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
In the same room on the same date in 1861, one hundred and four years earlier, President Abraham Lincoln had signed a bill freeing slaves impressed into the service of the Confederate army.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
