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Recent Examples of freeborn
The site will also showcase regional heroes of the Underground Railroad, including the work of Smith, a freeborn woman with African American heritage who spent 21 years of her life as Stevens’ house manager and confidante (and, some speculate, his common-law wife).
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Tracy Schorn, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
Phalanx warfare was so common in ancient Greece that most freeborn males took part in it many times.
—James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
Phalanx warfare was so common in ancient Greece that most freeborn males took part in it many times.
—James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
Robert—a man born in Africa, enslaved in America, and now a free farmer—and his freeborn African-American herbalist wife, Mary, had worked diligently to ensure this security for themselves and their children.
—Janet Barber, Scientific American, 9 Nov. 2021
Phalanx warfare was so common in ancient Greece that most freeborn males took part in it many times.
—James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
Phalanx warfare was so common in ancient Greece that most freeborn males took part in it many times.
—James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
Phalanx warfare was so common in ancient Greece that most freeborn males took part in it many times.
—James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
Phalanx warfare was so common in ancient Greece that most freeborn males took part in it many times.
—James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
Tracy Schorn, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
Phalanx warfare was so common in ancient Greece that most freeborn males took part in it many times.
—James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
Phalanx warfare was so common in ancient Greece that most freeborn males took part in it many times.
—James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
Robert—a man born in Africa, enslaved in America, and now a free farmer—and his freeborn African-American herbalist wife, Mary, had worked diligently to ensure this security for themselves and their children.
—Janet Barber, Scientific American, 9 Nov. 2021
Phalanx warfare was so common in ancient Greece that most freeborn males took part in it many times.
—James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
Phalanx warfare was so common in ancient Greece that most freeborn males took part in it many times.
—James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
Phalanx warfare was so common in ancient Greece that most freeborn males took part in it many times.
—James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
Phalanx warfare was so common in ancient Greece that most freeborn males took part in it many times.
—James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freeborn
Adjective
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That agreement recognizes the Pacific archipelago as a sovereign nation that conducts its own foreign policy but gives the U.S. control over defense and security.—
Danica Kirka,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2025
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This imperils not only American democracy but also other democratic sovereign nations.—
Mark A. Cohen,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Latta and an independent group of tree care professionals who have canvassed Altadena for weeks believe that many of the trees are wrongly tagged for removal.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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They are also designed as a form of soft diplomacy, modeling independent journalism that incorporates dissent from government policy.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Trump's ambitions aren't far-fetched, according to an international relations expert who told ABC News that there are some avenues in which the U.S. could realistically acquire the autonomous Danish territory.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2025
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Among the company’s strengths is the potential to actually benefit from the rise of autonomous vehicles, Cramer said, instead of losing out, as some investors have feared.—
Julie Coleman,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Today, Hampton’s legacy is one of revolutionary love, community and the audacity to imagine a liberated future.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The liberated students go wild on campus with some students like Marie trying to stop them.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Adams, who was 30 at the time, was living in a converted studio apartment on her parents’ property separate from the main house in Ocala, according to an arrest affidavit filed by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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The new project is completely separate from the 2020 attempt to reboot Clueless for Peacock.—
Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Those two competitors also use a semi-freestanding Y frame in comparison to Durston's fully freestanding X frame.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Nov. 2024
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The series, which includes eight iterations with options for freestanding and semi-freestanding designs and one- to three-person sizes, was the brand’s longest and most expensive design project to date.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
7 July 2021
Adjective
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Administration officials heralded the law as liberation from the constant vulnerability of relying on chip-makers in Taiwan, a self-governing island only 100 miles off the Chinese coast that is claimed by Beijing.—
Peter S. Goodman,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2023
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The Chinese Communist Party claims the self-governing democracy of Taiwan as part of its territory, despite having never controlled it, and refuses to rule out the use of force.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN,
13 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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Greenland, which became self-governed in 2009, was colonized by Denmark some 300 years ago and still controls Greenland’s foreign and defense policies.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The ratification announcement was the culmination of a decade-long effort by American Single Malt producers to legitimize a style of whiskey that was self-governed and, for all intents and purposes, already standardized.—
Chris Perugini,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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