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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unclenching
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The florist-by-trade gestures behind her to hundreds of flowers contained in buckets — blue thistles, ivory anemones and calla lilies painted silver — all twisted and unfurling into the air.—
Maddie Connors,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026 -
On May 20, 2025, Joslin and a group of activists climbed up one-third of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot granite monolith in Yosemite Park, unfurling a large Transgender flag and hanging it along the mountainside for approximately two hours.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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Moleskine and Issey Miyake’s collaboration brings the late designer’s love of pleats to the beloved writing staple, with the pages unfolding accordion-like between the familiar black cover of the brand’s standard notebooks.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2026
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The sophomore honors student makes a […] Recent Gallup and Pew findings suggest that CCSU’s institutional reorientation is unfolding at a moment of eroding public trust in Big Tech.—
Dr. Timothy Scott,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2026
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Williams started to walk toward his van, unlocking it from a distance with a key fob, the suit states.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
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For more than a century, an American birth certificate has been a key to unlocking the benefits of American citizenship.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Unclenching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unclenching. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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