as in untwisted
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as in straightened
to cause to follow a line that is without bends or curls
the new highway will largely unbend that twisting path that the old road used to follow
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Adjective
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First, the yarn is carded or broken down into untwisted fibers.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
8 Mar. 2026 -
Martin is described as a Black male, about 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing roughly 120 pounds, with untwisted dreadlocks.—
CBS News Atlanta Digital Team,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Each morning, before clients arrive, the apartment is reset—floors vacuumed, curtains straightened, candles lit—so that by the time someone walks in, everything feels effortless.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
7 May 2026
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Soon, his trajectory straightened, and yells filled the air.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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There is no guarantee their rebuild will take a linear upward trajectory.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2026
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The company already offers measurement of outcomes and has been working to incorporate those efforts into Nielsen One, the system currently used to determine viewership of TV programs across linear and digital screens.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
9 May 2026
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“Unbent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbent. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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