raveling

variants or ravelling
Definition of ravelingnext
present participle of ravel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for raveling
Verb
  • Vance also questioned what information Omar allegedly knew and withheld regarding sweeping fraud federal investigators are unraveling in her home state of Minnesota.
    Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The tectonic architecture of the Aegean Sea is messy, rife with crisscrossing faults and myriad volcanoes that make unraveling what happens at depth extremely difficult.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Although the lawsuits from the states and DirecTV pose a threat, courts have historically been more open to stopping a deal rather than unwinding one.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Those trades are now unwinding quickly.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The fundamental goal of the 1787 Constitution was to establish a republican form of government — and that meant disentangling the traditional powers of the monarch and placing them in different branches of government.
    David French, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Embedded in a patriarchal family within an oppressive society, Mrie faces the challenge of disentangling herself from both.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Raveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raveling. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.

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