untethered
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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"It has no life experience to draw from, no emotion, and, from what we've seen, audiences aren't interested in watching computer-generated content untethered from the human experience," they wrote.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Due in large part to the growing influence of artificial intelligence, the S&P 500 has lately seemed untethered from virtually every other risky asset, aside from itself.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
And now the markets look untethered to the first-quarter earnings season, those developments, and big questions about the fate of the tech trade over the summer months, can no longer be brushed aside.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Pratt’s solutions may be moon shots untethered to statistical reality.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
He seemed almost gleeful, as Taran untethered Melynlas and led the horse from behind the screen of brambles.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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