1
as in unraveled
to separate the various strands of
it took forever to disentangle the knot
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2
as in freed
to set free from entanglement or difficulty
the years that it took to disentangle ourselves from our troubles after someone started using our social security numbers
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Recent Examples of disentangled
The filing underscores the administration’s position that immigration enforcement and foreign policy decisions cannot be disentangled from national security concerns and that all of those are solely under the federal government’s purview.
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Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2026
No Spotify or Netflix exists for literature, where (other than with some exceptions, such as for vinyl collectors) the medium and the message are more easily disentangled, but the codex has endured for two millennia whereas the CD and the DVD lasted barely two decades.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2026
No Spotify or Netflix exists for literature, where (other than with some exceptions, such as for vinyl collectors) the medium and the message are more easily disentangled, but the codex has endured for two millennia whereas the CD and the DVD lasted barely two decades.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disentangled
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From there, things unraveled fast.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Yet, as uproar over the shooting grew, videos of the incident spread and the administration's narrative unraveled, the White House changed course and adopted a more conciliatory approach.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
30 Jan. 2026
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After the Revolution, many Hessian prisoners were freed and settled in Frederick, which already had a sizable German population, Baker said.—
Christine Condon,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2026
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Moon was freed at the start of the Korean War, and went south as a refugee.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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The 12-track effort is full of wide, sprawling arrangements that segue from hushed and contemplative to liberated.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
28 Jan. 2026
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She was sent to Ravensbrück and then to Bergen-Belsen, where she was liberated by the British Army in April 1945.—
Vanessa Gera,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Two people, one in each vehicle, were extricated from the wreck.—
Cheryl Vari,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
20 Jan. 2026
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The Civic driver was extricated as Ramsubhag was received lifesaving measures while still entrapped the vehicle.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2026
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The animal rights activist saved two cows from slaughter, Liberty and Indigo, in 2020.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Set 19 years after Harry, Ron and Hermione saved the wizarding world, the play follows them on a new adventure alongside a brave new generation arriving at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
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North Crowley fell on it first, but when the pile was untangled, Allen tight end Jackson Hoppe had it.—
Cody Thorn,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Dec. 2025
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Each is a kind of performance, Blue Cowboy implies, that can be untangled and revealed as a fiction but also contains something beautiful in its sustained gesture.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
6 Nov. 2025
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But the song is redeemed by a stellar, slow-building vocal performance, and by her sense of humor.—
Vrinda Jagota,
Pitchfork,
29 Jan. 2026
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The still-young year of 2026 could be similarly redeemed.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
29 Jan. 2026
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The father disengaged from the physical altercation with his son and retreated behind the uniformed police officers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Dec. 2025
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People who are disengaged from issues of inequity, and who don’t invest in learning and growing as allies, experience lower self-confidence at work and have lower job satisfaction.—
John M. LaVelle,
The Conversation,
9 Dec. 2025
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“Disentangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disentangled. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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