as in to untie
to disengage the knotted parts of
gently unfastened the strings of the baby's hood
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Recent Examples of unfasten
This paper proposes a spherical tether handling device that unfastens a robot’s tether during surveys by releasing the tether and carrying it aside.
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Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2016
Each pair comes embellished with a large wooden button that can be fastened for maximum warmth or unfastened for easy slip-off removal.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Leave the pockets unzipped or unfastened when washing. 2.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2024
After cutoff of the New Shepard rocket engine, the passengers had a few minutes to unfasten their seatbelts and float around the cabin while taking in the view of Earth.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024
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Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2016
Each pair comes embellished with a large wooden button that can be fastened for maximum warmth or unfastened for easy slip-off removal.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Leave the pockets unzipped or unfastened when washing. 2.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2024
After cutoff of the New Shepard rocket engine, the passengers had a few minutes to unfasten their seatbelts and float around the cabin while taking in the view of Earth.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024
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The situation began to unfold after the ship was untied from the dock at 8:16 p.m. Three minutes later, the tugboat Charles D. McAllister assisted the Cuauhtémoc off the pier.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
30 June 2025
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But the audience reaction still reflects something interesting about the challenges of adaptation and how some great stories come with knots that cannot be untied.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2025
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The fine dining restaurant, La Finca, holds a Michelin star, even as veteran chef Fernando Arjona and his team have loosened things up, moving away from a long tasting menu toward a relaxed a la carte approach.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Run a knife around edges of baking dish to loosen the egg mixture; cut into 12 even portions (about 2 1/2 x 3 inches each).—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
8 July 2025
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That doesn’t undo the fact that AI is a vastly transformative technology with a wide array of applications driving real business outcomes in the insurance industry.—
Alex Zukerman,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Democrats could conceivably undo the Medicaid cuts using the same kind of party-line spending package that enacted them.—
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semafor.com,
10 July 2025
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But for Buddhists, dying is an opportunity to unbind from the past and start again.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2025
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The book was centered on the idea that Russia’s geography is its fate and that there is nothing any ruler can do to unbind himself from the necessities of securing his lands.—
Anton Barbashin,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Mar. 2014
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“Unfasten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfasten. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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