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The work offers hints of a new explanation for how the brain can unbraid overlapping streams of auditory stimuli so quickly and effectively.
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Quanta Magazine, 21 Oct. 2021
Step 4: When the hair is dry and cooled, unbraid the hair and loosen the curls.
—Felicity Carter, Forbes, 6 June 2021
Brexit requires unbraiding a centuries-deep history of entanglements, causing major disruption to the country as a whole and Northern Ireland in particular.
—Seamas O’Reilly, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2019
Native Houstonian Gerald Green gave the media a different look prior to Friday's practice – one with his long hair unbraided.
—Brent Zwerneman, Houston Chronicle, 11 May 2018
Then, dip the ends of the braids into boiling water, which, again, seals the ends and prevents them from unbraiding, and also makes the braids more flexible.
—Stasha Harris, Cosmopolitan, 18 Oct. 2017
After practice ends, Burton takes off the saddles, unwraps the horses’ legs, unbraids their tails, hoses them down and squeegees off the water.
—Elisabeth Moughon, The Courier-Journal, 27 July 2017
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Quanta Magazine, 21 Oct. 2021
Step 4: When the hair is dry and cooled, unbraid the hair and loosen the curls.
—Felicity Carter, Forbes, 6 June 2021
Brexit requires unbraiding a centuries-deep history of entanglements, causing major disruption to the country as a whole and Northern Ireland in particular.
—Seamas O’Reilly, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2019
Native Houstonian Gerald Green gave the media a different look prior to Friday's practice – one with his long hair unbraided.
—Brent Zwerneman, Houston Chronicle, 11 May 2018
Then, dip the ends of the braids into boiling water, which, again, seals the ends and prevents them from unbraiding, and also makes the braids more flexible.
—Stasha Harris, Cosmopolitan, 18 Oct. 2017
After practice ends, Burton takes off the saddles, unwraps the horses’ legs, unbraids their tails, hoses them down and squeegees off the water.
—Elisabeth Moughon, The Courier-Journal, 27 July 2017
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First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of unbraid was
in the 14th century
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“Unbraid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbraid. Accessed 7 Dec. 2023.
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