untether

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Recent Examples of untether Jafferis hopes to untether it by installing a power source on the craft itself. Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2012 It gets skewed into these wild and intensely dogmatic beliefs that untether people from reality. Candice Benbow, Essence, 15 Dec. 2022 With Revolver, the Beatles finally took the time to untether themselves from their past. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2022 Many want to untether their careers from their identities. Lindsay Ellis and Angela Yang, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for untether
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untether
Verb
  • The studio is littered with props: water guns, Hula-Hoops, foam pool noodles, flip-flops, New Balance sneakers with the laces untied.
    Chloe Schama, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2025
  • In almost no time Sophie and Laura had managed to untie one knot, only to find a tighter and far more perplexing one at its center.
    Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Ackman has been waging a public campaign to pause the policy for the past week as the market has taken significant hits since the Trump administration unleashed global tariffs on U.S. allies and adversaries.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
  • With 12 shutouts in 14 games and champions of the Boras Classic South, Corona gets to unleash its pitching depth once again.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But for Buddhists, dying is an opportunity to unbind from the past and start again.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The book was centered on the idea that Russia’s geography is its fate and that there is nothing any ruler can do to unbind himself from the necessities of securing his lands.
    Anton Barbashin, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2014
Verb
  • Grant, meanwhile, wore a simple black suit and a white button-up shirt with the first few buttons unfastened in a boyish manner.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Ayoola attempted to put his fingers between his neck and the seatbelt, and was unable to unfasten his seatbelt.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2024

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“Untether.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untether. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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