free
adjective
enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery.
has freed
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present perfectof free (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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By offloading the menial stuff to an artificial-intelligence, she says she has freed up time she wouldn’t otherwise have, time she now spends taking guitar and singing lessons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
A humpback whale has freed itself from a sandbank near the German coastal city of Lübeck, after a series of rescue attempts.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
A humpback whale stranded on Germany's Baltic Sea coast since early this week has freed itself and swum into deeper waters, rescuers said Friday.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
Rodríguez, Maduro’s vice president, has called for reforms to Venezuela’s energy sector to attract foreign investment and has freed dozens of dissidents once deemed enemies of the Chavista revolution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2026
Captain Nemo has freed his ship from the giant squid only to stare into the eye of a hurricane.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
