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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unclenched
Adjective
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Underneath the unbuttoned blazer, the star wore a black leather bra.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026 -
The Kiss All The Time, Disco Occasionally singer opted for a black trench coat and raw edge blue denim jeans, with a crisp white, unbuttoned shirt underneath.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Starting at 12,000 feet, a series of 11 parachutes unfurled to slow the capsule from several hundred miles-per-hour to a gradual 17–20 mph for splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2026
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Felder reached into his backpack and unfurled a sign of his own.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The unfolded detail does not go unnoticed and is very much respected and appreciated.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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Flexible layouts adapt apps to the unfolded screen, making multitasking feel more natural.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Kelce unfastened the clasp on another necklace and then a third, before Chris Jones, his teammate for a decade, walked over and approached him.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Though the couple’s house was well fortified, the suspect had managed to get in through an unlocked door.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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To turn it on, flip the safety switch to the unlocked position, then push down on the display at the end of the base cylinder.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
18 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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One of the enduring images from the uprising of two months ago was endless unzipped black body bags lining the streets.—
Lily Moayeri,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2026
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Gisele Bündchen radiated in an unzipped, high-cut wetsuit and beachy waves for her new Garnier campaign.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Rex, a 3-year-old wallaby, wandered away from the Lots of Love Farm in Williamstown after a gate was allegedly left unlatched overnight.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
31 Dec. 2025
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Advertisement Stafford depressurized the cockpit, matching the vacuum inside to the vacuum outside so that the hatch would not blow open and fly free from interior air pressure when it was unlatched.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The just unsealed autopsy outlines what LAPD cops, medical examiners and others saw when the trunk was opened.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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The Times-Advocate newspaper reported the terms of the settlement Thursday after its attorney, seeking a court order to unseal the file, came across the settlement terms in an unsealed court file.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Unclenched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unclenched. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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