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Recent Examples of unanchored
Convenience retail, consisting of grocery and unanchored shopping centers, continues to benefit from strong supply-and-demand fundamentals.
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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
But scientists wondered if, during their unanchored larval stage, young tubeworms might spread through cavities beneath the seabed formed by the vapor created when lava comes into contact with seawater.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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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
But scientists wondered if, during their unanchored larval stage, young tubeworms might spread through cavities beneath the seabed formed by the vapor created when lava comes into contact with seawater.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unanchored
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The Tren de Aragua gang originated in a prison in the South American country and accompanied an exodus of millions of Venezuelans, the overwhelming majority of whom were seeking better living conditions after their nation’s economy came undone last decade.—
TIME,
TIME,
16 Mar. 2025
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However, its role in support of sending home asylum-seekers who’d been expelled from the United States without the opportunity to make a case for protection from persecution has exposed just how easily the safety net can come undone.—
Lomi Kriel,
ProPublica,
12 Mar. 2025
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Eleanor’s view There’s a key difference between this brewing Palantir fight and last year’s surveillance battle: Trump was, at least briefly, aligned with conservatives in opposition to unfettered expansion of that wiretapping law.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
5 June 2025
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Again, Warren and Banks plainly fear that with unfettered access to Nvidia products, Chinese producers will make great leaps in the AI space that Nvidia is in many ways the face of.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Cutting too many key leadership roles may result in a disengaged, overworked and underproductive team.—
Liz Elting,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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While Trump's campaign focused on expanding the electorate by targeting less frequent and disengaged voters, Harris' strategy emphasized high turnout among reliable Democratic voters.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
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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 10 Jun. 2025.
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