emancipated
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For Pontormo, who studied with Leonardo da Vinci and was influenced by Michelangelo and Dürer, it’s the painting that shows him stylistically emancipated from those giants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Theo is far more psychologically evolved, but he has his own blind spots that provoke Sally, who’s more emancipated than Sylvia but less professionally assured and just as unstable.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
There is a lot of doublespeak, that as women, we have never been as emancipated and free to do what we want as we are today.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025
I’m happy to be able to say that to be emancipated from shame has been genuinely the biggest achievement of my life.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2023
In history class, Gogol has learned that European immigrants had their names changed at Ellis Island, that slaves renamed themselves once they were emancipated.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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