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- adjective not brought about by
coercion orforce
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- adjective not brought about by coercion or force
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Examples
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"A confession cannot fairly be called 'uncoerced' that results from the sort of calculated manipulation that appears to be present here - even if the police did not actually beat or torture the confessor, or threaten to do so," Judge Robert S. Smith wrote in a concurring opinion.
NYT > Home Page By JIM DWYER 2011
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But the candidate state religion may also itself have doctrines that eschew entanglement with worldly power, that warn against ostentatious display of religiosity, or that hold only truly uncoerced religious observance as pleasing to God.
Pluralisms 2009
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Getty Images/MedicalRF.com There is another similarity between these disparities and the gender disparity that has engaged Ms. Hvistendahl's attention: They are mostly uncoerced.
The Moral Outrage of 'Missing' Girls William McGurn 2011
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Ali Soufan, left, one of the few Arabic-speaking agents at the FBI before 9/11, was able to solicit a great deal of uncoerced information from al-Qaeda insiders.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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Ali Soufan, left, one of the few Arabic-speaking agents at the FBI before 9/11, was able to solicit a great deal of uncoerced information from al-Qaeda insiders.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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Ali Soufan, left, one of the few Arabic-speaking agents at the FBI before 9/11, was able to solicit a great deal of uncoerced information from al-Qaeda insiders.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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But who could argue with the natural, totally uncoerced smiles and sparkle on all of those faces?
Value Added 2009
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They also take direction from consortia of corporate executives who bundle their oh so legal and uncoerced donations which are not matched by compensating additions to their annual bonusses.
Matthew Yglesias » School Lunch Or; How to Make Government Work 2009
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But who could argue with the natural, totally uncoerced smiles and sparkle on all of those faces?
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They also take direction from consortia of corporate executives who bundle their oh so legal and uncoerced donations which are not matched by compensating additions to their annual bonusses.
Matthew Yglesias » School Lunch Or; How to Make Government Work 2009
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