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emancipation

[ih-man-suh-pey-shuhn] / ɪˌmæn səˈpeɪ ʃən /


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Edmond Albius devised the hand-pollination technique that made vanilla cultivation commercially viable; he died in poverty after emancipation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The ad's originality lay in the fact it did not directly show off the product, but instead promised a new world of emancipation for consumers thanks to home computers.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Maybe it’s the emancipation of women in the last 50 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

But Iranians have never remained satisfied with national bargains in which they forfeit political rights for economic dividends or social emancipation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

But on the sugar islands, while more than two million people were brought over from Africa, there were only 670,000 at emancipation.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson




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