raveled

verb

variants or ravelled
past tense of ravel
as in unraveled

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raveled
  1. unraveled
  2. unwound
  3. disentangled
  4. untangled
Verb
  • While nearly 30 players were given the ball cap and figurative clipboard to watch from the sidelines, key position battles unraveled in the desert in the team’s win.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Viewers will remember that Ramona and Annie switched places at the end of Season 1 once the sisters unraveled some family secrets.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of unraveled
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  • Frontier expands routes, will cut less profitable ones Dempsey took over from longtime Frontier CEO Barry Biffle in December and has unwound some of his more aggressive expansion plans.
    — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
  • Prosecutors and the media had unwound a web of lies from Santos over the years, including illegally spending donor money, lying about being Jewish, and fabricating his resume.
    — Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2025
Definition of unwound
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  • Systems have to be disentangled, employees moved, contracts rewritten, and corporate functions recreated.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • To pretend that a cover is merely incidental is to ignore how much of literature is extraliterary, as if consciousness can be easily disentangled from the body.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of disentangled
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  • Below are the ones that untangled our knots and delivered the most seamless combing and brushing experience.
    — Eden Stuart, Glamour, 7 July 2026
  • There remain other, muddled storylines across this LIV timeline that won’t get untangled.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of untangled
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“Raveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raveled. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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