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liberation

[lib-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌlɪb əˈreɪ ʃən /


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For one side, death meant liberation, however short-term.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

They defended the status quo against various liberation movements and labor coalitions, fighting to keep everything as it had always been in service of the people who most benefited from the old arrangement.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Tupac's mother Afeni was a Black Panther and he grew up around the Black liberation movement.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

My hope for this country: Revolution, liberation, abolition, community care, mutual aid, public services that actually allow people to thrive instead of like constant competition.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

The central doctrine of liberation theology was that the Catholic Church had an obligation to provide a “preferential option for the poor.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The early 1960s were a manic hinge moment in American culture, between the Cold War and the Vietnam War, civil rights and Black power, old repressions and burgeoning liberations.

From New York Times Dec. 7, 2022

Indigenous communities - many disenchanted by years of unmet government promises - have long histories of occupations, which they call liberations.

From Reuters Sep. 30, 2022

The problem is that societies frequently reconsider these essential stories as they undergo invasions, liberations, revolutions, and quieter forms of evolution and change.

From Washington Post Nov. 3, 2021

And, come to think of it, are the “light” and the “white gleam” in those lyrics actual liberations or symbols of a colonized consciousness?

From The New Yorker Nov. 26, 2019

Oh, the magnificence of marriage, thought Ingeborg, beating her hands together, the splendour of its liberations!

From The Pastor's Wife by Elizabeth von Arnim




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