unspooled; unspooling; unspools
1
: to unwind from a spool
unspool the cable
2
: to execute or present artfully or gracefully
unspooled a jump shot
unspooling an intricate tale
: to be presented or revealed on or as if on a movie screen
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American Film Festival will unspool from Nov. 5 to 11.
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
The Brooklyn rapper’s thoughts scan well on paper, then unspool in a delivery that lets the internal rhyme structure provide the emotional emphasis.
—Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
In addition, Amazon MGM is making 35mm prints of the film that will unspool for the December release dates.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
But the melodrama is perhaps the point—grief, Rooney recognizes, rarely unspools at anything like a measured pace or intensity.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
The Brooklyn rapper’s thoughts scan well on paper, then unspool in a delivery that lets the internal rhyme structure provide the emotional emphasis.
—Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
In addition, Amazon MGM is making 35mm prints of the film that will unspool for the December release dates.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
But the melodrama is perhaps the point—grief, Rooney recognizes, rarely unspools at anything like a measured pace or intensity.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Unspool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unspool. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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