1
as in unraveled
to separate the various strands of
it took forever to disentangle the knot
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2
as in freed
to set free from entanglement or difficulty
the years that it took to disentangle ourselves from our troubles after someone started using our social security numbers
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Recent Examples of disentangled
The filing underscores the administration’s position that immigration enforcement and foreign policy decisions cannot be disentangled from national security concerns and that all of those are solely under the federal government’s purview.
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Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2026
No Spotify or Netflix exists for literature, where (other than with some exceptions, such as for vinyl collectors) the medium and the message are more easily disentangled, but the codex has endured for two millennia whereas the CD and the DVD lasted barely two decades.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2026
No Spotify or Netflix exists for literature, where (other than with some exceptions, such as for vinyl collectors) the medium and the message are more easily disentangled, but the codex has endured for two millennia whereas the CD and the DVD lasted barely two decades.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disentangled
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Yet, the season unraveled in 2025, due largely to injuries.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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But their plans to get back home have completely unraveled.—
Heath Kalb,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Jorge Rodríguez, recently ratified as leader of the national parliament, avoided referring to those being freed as political prisoners and said that the releases were taking place simultaneously to his announcement, made at noon on Thursday.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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Following the announcement by Rodríguez, the Spanish Foreign Ministry confirmed that five Spaniards – one of whom has dual citizenship – had been freed and were flying back to Spain.—
Uriel Blanco,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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Those who liberated Damascus write the Syrian success story the way American success stories are written.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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The moments when the frame feels as liberated as its characters hope to are few and far between.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2026
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The driver was extricated from the vehicle by first responders and taken to the hospital in critical condition, the statement said.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Subaru driver, identified as 63-year-old Shari Sirkin of Stratford, was extricated by the Oxford Fire Department and transported to Waterbury Hospital by Oxford EMS where she was pronounced dead, according to state police.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
9 Jan. 2026
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Orchids likely can't be saved if crown rot is causing the wilting.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Jan. 2026
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Edunomics Lab, a research center that focuses on education finances, says 85% to 95% of the money saved when closing schools comes from labor costs.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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North Crowley fell on it first, but when the pile was untangled, Allen tight end Jackson Hoppe had it.—
Cody Thorn,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Dec. 2025
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Each is a kind of performance, Blue Cowboy implies, that can be untangled and revealed as a fiction but also contains something beautiful in its sustained gesture.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
6 Nov. 2025
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Digital games are purchased online, redeemed online and then downloaded to your Nintendo Switch.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2026
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The Bilt Palladium Card, which comes with a $495 annual fee, gives members $400 in annual credits redeemable for hotel stays, plus $200 worth of Bilt Cash, which are points that can be redeemed within the Bilt ecosystem, including at businesses it's partnered with.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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The father disengaged from the physical altercation with his son and retreated behind the uniformed police officers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Dec. 2025
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People who are disengaged from issues of inequity, and who don’t invest in learning and growing as allies, experience lower self-confidence at work and have lower job satisfaction.—
John M. LaVelle,
The Conversation,
9 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Disentangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disentangled. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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