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liberate

[lib-uh-reyt] / ˈlɪb əˌreɪt /


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"It is really not a good idea, considering this would liberate very toxic elements from the seabed, as a lot of heavy metals are buried deep in the sediment," Currie said.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

In 2020, DirecTV and AT&T struck a deal with Charter, not so much to liberate Dodgers fans as to help the parties maintain a shrinking base of subscribers amid a proliferation of video options.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Such ambitions might make employees nervous, but Soo, who became CEO in 2020, said she’s in the camp who believes AI will liberate people from grunt work rather than replace them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Yes, he was so wedded to it, this idea that different, new mediums liberate the ones that come before.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

They would wait for the Russians to liberate them.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren

"And then such an extreme event takes place, and in a way, liberates everything -- all the emotions, all the ideas and the passions, all the terrible things."

From Barron's Apr. 3, 2026

The shift liberates her holiday shopping, says Nussen, lead lighting designer at Consumer’s Lighting, a company she runs with her husband.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 31, 2025

“She sang because she wanted to feel alive, and she wanted to feel free, and she wanted to feel connected to her faith — and that already just liberates the performer.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 2025

More poignantly, it critiques how race, gender and genre have limited our ability to see her talent and, by doing so, liberates her from ever again having to prove her singular impact on American culture.

From New York Times Dec. 2, 2023

It is such a man as this who liberates mankind, cutting us clear of make-believes and negations and taboos, and living in the open-air, whether it is cloud or sun.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by T. R. (Terrot Reaveley) Glover

He had just published astonishing photographs taken amid the ruins of the old city, recently liberated from ISIS, that had been the epicenter of global jihadism.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Like many Kuwaitis, Salem Al-Ghanem still vividly remembers Iraqi tanks rolling through his hometown when his small Gulf state faced extinction had US troops not liberated it from invasion.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Here, Madonna is liberated from Universal’s script notes or editing maneuvers, free from tweaking anyone’s performance to feel more like the real thing.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

And Deb's middle finger statement fits right in with what the fashion pages are calling this year's "hot divorcee summer" - a celebration of liberated glamour and a "don't care energy".

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

I liberated a spare water hose from the water reclaimer.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

"I'd love to see artificial intelligence winning wars, liberating territories."

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Each in his way was in the process of liberating himself from the past.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Deciding how many days you want to teach yoga or bartend, and how much consulting work you want to take on, can feel liberating — as though you’re the master of your own time.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

The realization, captured in “One Thing Right,” was both liberating and intimidating.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

In other ways, it was kind of liberating.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi




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