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freed

  • past participle of free.
  • past tense form of free.

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And she reasoned, very simply, that the way her children were being held was involuntary servitude and that under this new law, they should be freed.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Burnham announced last week that he was pausing the scheme, which would have seen about 700 prisoners freed in the first phase in September, following a backlash from survivors and victims.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Under the Sentencing Act, which is due to be implemented in September, two of the men involved could be freed early.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

The declines have deepened after SpaceX postponed a test launch of its Starship rocket and as investors anticipate a flood of shares being freed from lockup restrictions in early August.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

“They had freed themselves of the English just twenty years earlier. Why not us? Why not?”

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff