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Recent Examples of unanchored
Twisters at that strength can destroy mobile homes, flip or lift cars, and sweep away unanchored homes.
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Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Convenience retail, consisting of grocery and unanchored shopping centers, continues to benefit from strong supply-and-demand fundamentals.
—Mike Hazinski, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Central banks are focused on ensuring that inflation expectations do not become ‘unanchored’.
—Kevin Coldiron, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
According to the federal Sturdy Act, unanchored dressers should remain upright for at least 10 seconds with a 60-pound weight hanging from an open, top drawer.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2024
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Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Convenience retail, consisting of grocery and unanchored shopping centers, continues to benefit from strong supply-and-demand fundamentals.
—Mike Hazinski, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Central banks are focused on ensuring that inflation expectations do not become ‘unanchored’.
—Kevin Coldiron, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
According to the federal Sturdy Act, unanchored dressers should remain upright for at least 10 seconds with a 60-pound weight hanging from an open, top drawer.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unanchored
Adjective
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Spencer's hair was styled by David Von Cannon and the two landed on loose, unfussy, undone waves for a cool contrast against her strapless metallic silver gown.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
17 July 2025
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Celebrities, too, have been working the beach wave hair look on red carpets, but unlike many high-glam styles, these undone waves are easy to DIY (particularly with the summer elements that tend to enhance hair texture).—
Claire Sullivan,
Footwear News,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Separately, a federal filing argued that the governor's unfettered discretion to sign death warrants violates death row inmates' constitutional rights to due process and had led to an arbitrary process for determining who lives and who dies.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 June 2025
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For the agricultural community, what's perhaps even more concerning than DOGE's unfettered access to sensitive data is the capacity to change it or even deny and cancel payments.—
Jenna McLaughlin,
NPR,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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Without clear goals, direction or leadership, employees can become frustrated, disengaged or struggle to achieve meaningful results.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Furthermore, actively disengaged employees rose to 17%, reflecting a return to 2014 levels.—
Kara Dennison,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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In May, a fisherman fell into the water and drowned after the seat on his bass boat became unbolted.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2024
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In a press event Thursday evening, Tesla's somewhat oddly attired Elon Musk showed how the the company's Tesla S luxury sedan could be recharged in just 90 seconds, hovering over a robotic setup in which the battery would be automatically located, unbolted, removed, and replaced.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Mar. 2023
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“Unanchored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanchored. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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