involuntary
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I want to thank all my family, friends, teammates and coaches who have reached out to me since learning of my involuntary decommittment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2026
When it was adopted, California’s Article I, Section 18 decreed: “Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude, unless for the punishment of crimes, shall ever be tolerated in this State.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026
One lesson of the pandemic was that hotels and motels mobilized to house the unsheltered were successful in bringing people indoors who were otherwise reluctant to stay in congregate shelters or withstand involuntary hospitalizations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Positive contributions to the ETI included the share of involuntary part-time workers, which fell in May from April.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
He laughed so loudly that I took an involuntary step backward.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
Vocabulary lists containing involuntary
13th Amendment (1865)
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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"The Treasure of Lemon Brown"
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