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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In that great play, part of the pleasure is teasing out when the host couple, George and Martha, are playing a malevolent prank on their guests or tearing each other apart for real.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
It’s positioned near the building’s white marble planter that leaks through a glass wall and into the lobby, teasing out the public-private, art and commerce tensions of Oldenburg’s art, and gets at why the presentation ultimately succeeds.
—Max Lakin, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Given those lingering unknowns, teasing out any direct links between climate change and specific tornado outbreaks remains tricky.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 28 Dec. 2024
To tease out any associations between antibiotics and cognitive decline, the study authors observed older adults for several years, tracking their antibiotic use and their cognitive condition in the short term.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
It’s positioned near the building’s white marble planter that leaks through a glass wall and into the lobby, teasing out the public-private, art and commerce tensions of Oldenburg’s art, and gets at why the presentation ultimately succeeds.
—Max Lakin, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Given those lingering unknowns, teasing out any direct links between climate change and specific tornado outbreaks remains tricky.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 28 Dec. 2024
To tease out any associations between antibiotics and cognitive decline, the study authors observed older adults for several years, tracking their antibiotic use and their cognitive condition in the short term.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Tease out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tease%20out. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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