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adjective

as in released

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paroled

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verb

past tense of parole
as in rescued

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Recent Examples of paroled
Verb
Despite a recent spate of violent offenders being paroled at relatively high rates under the Mattis decision, the overall parole rate has shrunk from 65% to 57% under Chair Angelo Gomez. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 22 Apr. 2026 He was paroled in January 2010 and discharged from parole in July 2012. — Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paroled
  1. freed
  2. rescued
  3. liberated
  4. ransomed
  5. emancipated
  6. redeemed
  7. saved
  8. discharged
Adjective
  • The freed captives, mostly women and children, were among over 300 kidnap victims freed by Nigerian forces this week.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • In fact, the vast majority of freed people remained in the South.
    — Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
Definition of freed
Verb
  • Of those rescued, 114 are Indians, 27 are Chinese, and 20 are from South Korea, the US, Europe and the Gulf, according to a bulletin published by the Nepal Tourism Board.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The Nepal Tourism Board said 261 foreign nationals have been rescued.
    — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of rescued
Adjective
  • Instead, Curry connected with fans like me because, as a performer, the man seemed able to do anything, and do it with a kind of liberated abandon and eagerness to entertain.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Chalk it up to the leftover hubris of late-20th-century American empire and the grand illusion of a liberated civilization thriving behind an impenetrable fortress.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of liberated
Verb
  • What Andert argues in his video is that LINXS has effectively ransomed LAX to the tune of $880 million — so far — to complete the supposedly less than 3 percent that remains to be built on the project.
    — Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
  • After a nearby hospital is hacked and ransomed, the higher-ups decide to defend its system by shutting it down, which means business must be conducted in the old-fashioned, paper-and-clipboards way.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of ransomed
Verb
  • Winter was legally emancipated and declared an adult at age 17 in 2015.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In 1775, his first enslaver sold him to the commander of Framingham's Minute Men, who emancipated him, and Salem went on to fight at Lexington and Concord.
    — Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026
Definition of emancipated
Verb
  • These points can be redeemed with partner travel organizations, gym classes or can go toward putting a down payment on a home.
    — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • There’s room at ELG for further integrations, cost reductions, and synergies, like creating a new loyalty program where points accumulated at Saks, Neiman’s or Bergdorf’s could be redeemed at any of those stores.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of redeemed
Verb
  • Instead of traditional quality metrics, the focus shifts to better decisions, time saved, risks avoided and revenue created.
    — Kevin Campbell, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Amazon estimates advertisers saved more than $8 billion from 2021 through 2025 because its auction system considers ad relevance instead of simply selecting the highest bidder.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of saved
Verb
  • Liquid cooling tackles heat Thermal management is a major engineering challenge for lithium-ion batteries, particularly when cells are repeatedly charged and discharged at high rates.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Multiple tasers were discharged at the scene, police say, which did not stop the woman.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of discharged

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“Paroled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paroled. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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