unwound
ˌən-ˈwau̇nd 
; unwinding
; unwinding
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archaic
: to trace to the end
unwinding the labryinth and bringing the hero out—
Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne3
: to undo (a financial arrangement or position) through the necessary legal or financial steps
unwound most of its natural gas hedges—The New York Times
The New York Times1
: to become uncoiled or disentangled : unfold
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: to become released from tension
take a bath to unwind
Synonyms
Examples of unwind in a Sentence
She unwound some thread from the spool.
The fishing line unwound quickly.
I wanted to unwind after a hard day.
Recent Examples on the Web
Risk of carry trade unwinding The Japanese yen is maintaining its strength against the U.S. dollar, and might edge even higher because of declining U.S. yields, Kathy Lien, managing director of forex strategy at BK Asset Management, told CNBC.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2024
What is really going on here is a public interest determination that the benefits of divorce decrees being final is superior to that of the need of creditors to unwind fraudulent transfers — but only to a point.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
The measure, called the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act, asks voters to partially unwind Proposition 47, a controversial ballot initiative passed in 2014 that reclassified some nonviolent felonies as misdemeanors.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
That helped push the dollar lower, and investors began unwinding their carry trades.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2024
What is really going on here is a public interest determination that the benefits of divorce decrees being final is superior to that of the need of creditors to unwind fraudulent transfers — but only to a point.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
The measure, called the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act, asks voters to partially unwind Proposition 47, a controversial ballot initiative passed in 2014 that reclassified some nonviolent felonies as misdemeanors.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
That helped push the dollar lower, and investors began unwinding their carry trades.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Unwind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwind. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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