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
Examples of tease out in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
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
Researchers have spent years trying to tease out any links between autism and acetaminophen, but the evidence is uncertain, according to the Food and Drug Administration's new warning sent to physicians.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
Good historians and talented fiction writers can tease out human qualities from such personages while acknowledging their fundamental distance from our own time.
—Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, researchers in Europe were learning to tease out warming signals from the random fluctuations of weather.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tease out
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Researchers have spent years trying to tease out any links between autism and acetaminophen, but the evidence is uncertain, according to the Food and Drug Administration's new warning sent to physicians.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
Good historians and talented fiction writers can tease out human qualities from such personages while acknowledging their fundamental distance from our own time.
—Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, researchers in Europe were learning to tease out warming signals from the random fluctuations of weather.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tease out
Cite this Entry
“Tease out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tease%20out. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share