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as in fraying
to separate the various strands of
it took us forever to unravel the jumbled mass of Christmas tree lights
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as in solving
to find an answer for through reasoning
unraveled the mystery
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Recent Examples of unraveling
Goines is the mad son of a top virologist who turns out to be a key to unraveling the origin of the virus.
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
The old friends reunite to investigate Jason’s death, slowly unraveling a plot with global consequences and unleashing carnage across the city.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
And though he’s worn down by the taxing journey of proving his innocence, his clothes unraveling mirror what Plewes describes as the loss of dignity.
—Julian Randall, Essence, 4 Dec. 2024
Fifth-round rookie Spencer Rattler received the nod at quarterback versus Tampa Bay and showed first-half flashes before unraveling against the second-half blitz sent at him by Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles.
—Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
The researchers hope their discovery will be an important step toward unraveling the mystery.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
Billy Crystal's life is unraveling in front of his eyes in the trailer for Before.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
The old friends reunite to investigate Jason’s death, slowly unraveling a plot with global consequences and unleashing carnage across the city.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
And though he’s worn down by the taxing journey of proving his innocence, his clothes unraveling mirror what Plewes describes as the loss of dignity.
—Julian Randall, Essence, 4 Dec. 2024
Fifth-round rookie Spencer Rattler received the nod at quarterback versus Tampa Bay and showed first-half flashes before unraveling against the second-half blitz sent at him by Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles.
—Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
The researchers hope their discovery will be an important step toward unraveling the mystery.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
Billy Crystal's life is unraveling in front of his eyes in the trailer for Before.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unraveling
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And cheaper polo belts are stitched with shorter pieces of thread which will unravel over time, creating a fraying effect—but the best quality belts are stitched from longer pieces of thread which won’t unravel.Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
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Now imagine the fingers are fraying at the tips, like old rope, and that your arm is disconcertingly thin.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
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While still emerging, quantum computing is expected to enable breakthroughs in solving complex problems and enhancing secure communications.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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That being said, solving the error bottleneck is a major step forward and this could mean that the company should be able to eventually build larger quantum computers that can accelerate innovation in various fields ranging from drug discovery to battery design.Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Patel has talked about disentangling the FBI’s intelligence-gathering operations — now a core function of the bureau’s mandate — from the rest of its operations.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2024
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For conditions like obesity, neurodegenerative disease (like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases), and some psychiatric diseases (like depression), disentangling cause from effect is more challenging.Keren Landman, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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“Unraveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unraveling. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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