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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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Just a few spritzes deliver soft volume, matte texture, and that effortlessly undone finish.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
30 June 2025
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The actor was in a jinbei-style jacket, undone and loose.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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Technically, the Big Ten and SEC don’t have the unfettered ability to change the format.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Furthermore, actively disengaged employees rose to 17%, reflecting a return to 2014 levels.—
Kara Dennison,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Players looked disengaged during timeouts, sitting silent in the huddle with slumped shoulders as Meziane tried to rally them back from a 23-point deficit in the third quarter.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
7 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 18 Jul. 2025.
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