tease out
verb
teased out; teasing out; teases out
1
: to obtain by or as if by disentangling or freeing with a pointed instrument
2
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Exactly what Farrah needs from them is teased out until the climactic stretch.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
Vanilla extract: Much like salt, vanilla helps round out the cookie and teases out other flavors in the dough.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2024
The fascinating thing about this play is how well the writer teases out such themes from what really feels like an ordinary, working-class conversation among two Scots, carrying scars but maybe (only maybe) also some hunger for unity.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Additional studies will also be needed to tease out whether GII.17 is leading to a difference in the severity of norovirus infections.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2025
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
Vanilla extract: Much like salt, vanilla helps round out the cookie and teases out other flavors in the dough.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2024
The fascinating thing about this play is how well the writer teases out such themes from what really feels like an ordinary, working-class conversation among two Scots, carrying scars but maybe (only maybe) also some hunger for unity.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Additional studies will also be needed to tease out whether GII.17 is leading to a difference in the severity of norovirus infections.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Tease out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tease%20out. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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