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Recent Examples of unfasten This paper proposes a spherical tether handling device that unfastens a robot’s tether during surveys by releasing the tether and carrying it aside. Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2016 Each pair comes embellished with a large wooden button that can be fastened for maximum warmth or unfastened for easy slip-off removal. Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024 Leave the pockets unzipped or unfastened when washing. 2. Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2024 After cutoff of the New Shepard rocket engine, the passengers had a few minutes to unfasten their seatbelts and float around the cabin while taking in the view of Earth. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for unfasten
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Verb
  • And the bow isn’t just for show: For all but two of the color options, it can be untied and tightened to make the shoe fit more snugly, which was used to our tester’s benefit.
    Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 21 June 2025
  • The Dodgers untied it in a big way, greeting Padres reliever Jeremiah Estrada with five consecutive hits in the sixth inning.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • Artificial implants naturally wear out or loosen with time and activity.
    Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 27 June 2025
  • The challenges were steep enough that Georgia has decided to loosen its work verification protocols from monthly to once a year.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has undone many of the Biden-era immigration policies.
    Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
  • As the Catholic archdiocese hunts for ways to contract, it’s been shedding churches wholesale and having no trouble finding buyers that are tuned to the doings — or undoing — of religious organizations.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • But for Buddhists, dying is an opportunity to unbind from the past and start again.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The book was centered on the idea that Russia’s geography is its fate and that there is nothing any ruler can do to unbind himself from the necessities of securing his lands.
    Anton Barbashin, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2014

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“Unfasten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfasten. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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