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as in unraveling
to separate the various strands of
it took forever to disentangle the knot
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as in freeing
to set free from entanglement or difficulty
the years that it took to disentangle ourselves from our troubles after someone started using our social security numbers
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Recent Examples of disentangling
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.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2024
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
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2024
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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But Forbes reported that unraveling TikTok from ByteDance will be all but impossible, and more recently, found that if TikTok is banned, Americans’ data could flow back to China.Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Jack eventually saves Santa and defeats Oogie by unraveling his cloth, revealing a squirming pile of insects.Mike Miller, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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On the cleaning front, waiter robots will assist staff in their daily tasks freeing them up to focus on more complex tasks.Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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These systems include modules that automatically navigate drones through jamming-intensive environments, freeing pilots to focus on targeting.Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Jan. 2025
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Following the lifts automatic shutdown, ski patrollers set about rescuing each of the 174 passengers.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Over the past 24 hours, the coast guard reported rescuing 120 migrants in three separate incidents off various Greek islands.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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Morgan Wallen treated his fans to a New Year's Eve surprise by releasing a new song.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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After releasing their independent debut record in 1987, Jane’s released their major label debut, Nothing’s Shocking, in 1988.Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Disentangling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disentangling. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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