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Recent Examples of unscrew
But, one quick fix is unscrewing it and tapping the lotion into your hand.
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Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Someone had to unscrew us to release us.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
Simply unscrew the base and fill with water, then heap the coffee into the filter basket and screw on the top.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
Use the tools to loosen the fixture and unscrew it entirely with your hands.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
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Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Someone had to unscrew us to release us.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
Simply unscrew the base and fill with water, then heap the coffee into the filter basket and screw on the top.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
Use the tools to loosen the fixture and unscrew it entirely with your hands.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unscrew
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscrew
Verb
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As if she’d been presented with a tidy, screw-like riddle from the Sphynx.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Apr. 2026
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A lot of times, much of a Hollywood memoir is someone saying this person screwed me over, this bad thing happened, and so on.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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How to rotate your mattress Can’t flip your mattress?—
Alora Bopray,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Participants will rotate through Inter Miami Academy-style training stations led by Academy coaches.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Unscrew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscrew. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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