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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Then, Taylor and co presented baby chickens with different versions of hypothetical wasp mimics, to tease out which traits were the most important for keeping predators at bay.
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Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 2 July 2025
Gerstle always tries to tease out how someone imagines using their outdoor space over the long term, and create a full design plan that incorporates each area.
—Lexi Dwyer, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2025
Warrant and Dreyer hope to tease out more answers in follow-up studies.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 18 June 2025
The parallel is teased out by Tom Wheeler — the former chair of the FCC and now a fellow at the Brookings Institution — in his 2023 book Techlash: Who Makes the Rules In the Digital Gilded Age?
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
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Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 2 July 2025
Gerstle always tries to tease out how someone imagines using their outdoor space over the long term, and create a full design plan that incorporates each area.
—Lexi Dwyer, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2025
Warrant and Dreyer hope to tease out more answers in follow-up studies.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 18 June 2025
The parallel is teased out by Tom Wheeler — the former chair of the FCC and now a fellow at the Brookings Institution — in his 2023 book Techlash: Who Makes the Rules In the Digital Gilded Age?
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
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“Tease out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tease%20out. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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