freer
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He felt freer to work when operating outside of the United States.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
He said in September that the government shouldn’t be “in hock” to the bond market, signaling he would support freer spending.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
But her long struggle against military rule has made her synonymous with hopes of a freer, more democratic future.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
So that’s all quite new and it’s very exciting because it kind of makes you feel safer and freer to be more yourself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
As soon as I heard it, I felt looser, freer.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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What the deuyl & a morten tellest thou a man of warre of hypocrisie, away with hypocrisie to the monkes and the freers.
From Two Dyaloges (c. 1549) by Erasmus, Desiderius
Kings almost of the west, and donors to the east, arousers of crusades and freers of the Sepulchre!
From 1492 by Johnston, Mary
I listened to this atrocious sentence with horror, then gasped out: "We are not stealers of men, O King, we are freers of men, as Tom and Jerry of your own people could tell you."
From Allan and the Holy Flower by Haggard, Henry Rider
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