tease out
verb
teased out; teasing out; teases out
1
: to obtain by or as if by disentangling or freeing with a pointed instrument
2
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That both of its leading men have suffered some great heartache is obvious from the first minutes of the premiere, directed by Jeremiah Zagar and set to Dan Deacon’s weepy score — even if the precise shape and scope of their losses will take some time to tease out.
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
The work involved sophisticated processes, highly precise equipment focused on teasing out the DNA from those samples, and then analyzing that DNA at a rapid pace and immense scale.
—Nelson P. Repenning, Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
The first clue, a mash-up of city politics and rom-com trivia to tease out the name Hugh Grant, led participants to the historic Tammany Hall Building on the edge of the square.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
The two met over a long lunch as del Toro teased out details.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
The work involved sophisticated processes, highly precise equipment focused on teasing out the DNA from those samples, and then analyzing that DNA at a rapid pace and immense scale.
—Nelson P. Repenning, Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
The first clue, a mash-up of city politics and rom-com trivia to tease out the name Hugh Grant, led participants to the historic Tammany Hall Building on the edge of the square.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
The two met over a long lunch as del Toro teased out details.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Tease out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tease%20out. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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