1
as in fraying
to separate the various strands of
it took us forever to unravel the jumbled mass of Christmas tree lights
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as in solving
to find an answer for through reasoning
unraveled the mystery
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Recent Examples of unraveling
But behind the scenes, his health was unraveling.
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Bydr. Marita Kinney, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
As this horrible incident was unraveling, details were quickly disseminated by a handful of local journalists on social media.
—Fatemeh Jamalpour, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
During this time, Sheen's personal life was unraveling.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
What was once envisioned as a vital partnership of the 21st century is fraying—and becoming another source of uncertainty in a world order that seems to be unraveling.
—Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
Now that safety net is unraveling.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 7 Sep. 2025
Hired by Leo's sister-in-law (Shailene Woodley), Detective Bali sniffs out the winding secrets of the powerful Vardakis family, unraveling a crime of passion.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
In sociology and the social sciences, liminality describes the in‑between state when old structures are unraveling but new ones have not yet taken hold.
—Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
The stickiness of such materials is fickle, which means her home is constantly unraveling and requires a steady influx of cheap supplies from eBay, Etsy, and Amazon.
—Laura Bannister, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
Bydr. Marita Kinney, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
As this horrible incident was unraveling, details were quickly disseminated by a handful of local journalists on social media.
—Fatemeh Jamalpour, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
During this time, Sheen's personal life was unraveling.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
What was once envisioned as a vital partnership of the 21st century is fraying—and becoming another source of uncertainty in a world order that seems to be unraveling.
—Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
Now that safety net is unraveling.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 7 Sep. 2025
Hired by Leo's sister-in-law (Shailene Woodley), Detective Bali sniffs out the winding secrets of the powerful Vardakis family, unraveling a crime of passion.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
In sociology and the social sciences, liminality describes the in‑between state when old structures are unraveling but new ones have not yet taken hold.
—Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
The stickiness of such materials is fickle, which means her home is constantly unraveling and requires a steady influx of cheap supplies from eBay, Etsy, and Amazon.
—Laura Bannister, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unraveling
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What was once envisioned as a vital partnership of the 21st century is fraying—and becoming another source of uncertainty in a world order that seems to be unraveling.—
Vaibhav Vats,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Sports fandom has a special power to connect people, especially at a time when so many of our traditional civic bonds are fraying.—
Todd Rogers,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Texas law enforcement is asking for Colorado’s help solving the 1984 cold case murder of a 25-year-old woman.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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Castlery’s brand promise is focused on solving real-life problems.—
Omaid Homayun,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Our narrator, a gay, happily married father of two disentangling himself from a poly love affair, is—depending on the light—brilliant, self-mythologizing, abject, hopeful, and vulnerable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Brittany Luse is joined by writer and journalist Ana Marie Cox to get into how people are disentangling alcohol from their lives, and the lessons she's learned as a recovering alcoholic.—
Veralyn Williams,
NPR,
6 Jan. 2025
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The schools competing for this prize are answering yes.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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She's been documenting her experiences on social media (@yourmetastaticbestie on Instagram), sharing videos discussing everything from diagnosis, treatment, symptoms, and answering questions.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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Operational Resilience Through Self-Healing Architecture APA systems demonstrate high resilience rates by automatically diagnosing and resolving process disruptions that would traditionally halt operations.—
Uli Erxleben,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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From accompanying staff to the doctor after an accident to personally resolving customer concerns, Lynn’s leadership style is built on presence and care.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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Effectively, this turned the workspace into a yank buffer along with all your documents, and undoing any destructive editing operation thus became merely another cut and paste.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Annexation, however, could upend that entire process, undoing past agreements and making future ones impossible.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
11 Sep. 2025
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With the help of resourceful Marie Kreutz (Franka Potente), Bourne evades capture from the CIA — namely data analyst Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) and Deputy Director Ward Abbott (Brian Cox) — while untangling his involvement in the deadly Operation Treadstone.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Sep. 2025
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For Glessner Lee, the puzzle of untangling the truth about violent deaths proved irresistible.—
Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Unraveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unraveling. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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