1
as in to unravel
to separate the various strands of
gently untangled the baby's hair
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as in to disentangle
to set free from entanglement or difficulty
I was finally able to untangle myself from my credit problems
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Recent Examples of untangle
While more research is needed to untangle exactly how exercise interacts with the microbiome, this study provides evidence that training intensity itself plays a role.
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New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2025
Many modern and contemporary writers are drawn to the villanelle as a way to circle around their subject matter, exploring obsession, enchantment, brooding, or the slow work of untangling a difficult emotion.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 19 Aug. 2025
The best true crime is when people genuinely care about the worst experiences of other people’s lives and want to do right by them — to understand how human perfect storms happen, to untangle them, and to help.
—Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, even if heirs are able to untangle the title issues around their property, there’s still the question of what to do with the land.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2025
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New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2025
Many modern and contemporary writers are drawn to the villanelle as a way to circle around their subject matter, exploring obsession, enchantment, brooding, or the slow work of untangling a difficult emotion.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 19 Aug. 2025
The best true crime is when people genuinely care about the worst experiences of other people’s lives and want to do right by them — to understand how human perfect storms happen, to untangle them, and to help.
—Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, even if heirs are able to untangle the title issues around their property, there’s still the question of what to do with the land.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untangle
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Newcastle United via Getty Images When Newcastle United defender Lewis Hall suffered a broken foot in February, there was real concern that the club’s season would unravel.—
Harry De Cosemo,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Here, The Athletic attempts to unravel the Ballon d’Or riddle by ranking the top 10 contenders.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Claude can’t disentangle her years-ago affair with Mathias from feelings of self-recrimination and guilt, and seesaws between anger and seduction.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Justice Department has disavowed its role in his indictment, which led to a four-month stay in a minimum-security prison, but Navarro argued the department cannot disentangle itself from the charge that led to his imprisonment.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Taken together, the two programs free older workers for the flexible opportunities often available with smaller companies or nonprofits with traditionally lower pay.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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This helped free Nacua up for a 24-yard gain into the red zone.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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Her efforts saved the animal’s life and landed her in her hometown newspaper, The Mountain Eagle, which was the first to write about the dramatic rescue and resuscitation.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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These annual gifts can also reduce the size of your taxable estate, saving more of your lifetime exemption for future inheritances.—
Nathalie Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Vargas was trapped and had to be extricated by first responders.—
Susan Gill Vardon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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Rotert says one person had to be extricated from the vehicle.—
Fox19 staff,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Prize is technically a financial award, not a grant, which liberates recipients to dream, pause, pivot, or scale on their own terms.—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Still, not every architect involved has found the project’s carte blanche approach liberating.—
Siobhan Reid,
Robb Report,
7 Sep. 2025
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For everyday consumers, this change dramatically expands the ways to earn and redeem AAdvantage miles—not just by flying, but by tapping into credit card spending.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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There isn’t much redeeming value in this music, something Táparo is well aware of.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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Determining when a shift-change in persona vectors is taking place, such that an engaged persona vector is being disengaged, and a different persona vector is being engaged instead.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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So, for example, the Republicans who have the highest racial resentment against Black Americans are the most likely to be morally disengaged from Democrats.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Untangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untangle. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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