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servitude

[sur-vi-tood, -tyood] / ˈsɜr vɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /


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Sara suddenly found herself unwillingly living a life of servitude.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

The Declaration proclaimed all men created equal, yet the new nation’s economy depended on enslaved labor in the South and indentured servitude in the North.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

And more than the horror or the humility, or the primal fear of servitude to robot overlords, they remind me of when I was young.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

Involuntary servitude, however, is still in the Constitution.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2024

In American History they’ve been studying how the United States was founded on indentured servitude.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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