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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Aghion and Howitt used sophisticated mathematical models to tease out answers.
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
While critics have been cool thus far, Academy voters are likely to pick up on the film’s sophistication, which Garrett teased out from years in the performing arts and film industry.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
To tease out the delicate signal, astronomers stacked dozens of short, three-minute exposures, combining more than two hours of ultraviolet observations and 40 minutes in visible light.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Rather than kicking off as a team, early episodes will tease out their backstories and individual motivations before uniting the Nein.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
While critics have been cool thus far, Academy voters are likely to pick up on the film’s sophistication, which Garrett teased out from years in the performing arts and film industry.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
To tease out the delicate signal, astronomers stacked dozens of short, three-minute exposures, combining more than two hours of ultraviolet observations and 40 minutes in visible light.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Rather than kicking off as a team, early episodes will tease out their backstories and individual motivations before uniting the Nein.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Tease out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tease%20out. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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