unclogs

verb

present tense third-person singular of unclog
1
as in opens
to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions unclog a bathroom drain with a cleaner

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2
as in facilitates
to free from obstruction or difficulty unclog the way for more people to take advantage of the government program

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  1. opens
  2. facilitates
  3. clears
Verb
  • Saturday’s game opens a stretch of nine consecutive weeks of football for Kansas — no additional byes the rest of the way.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The show opens with a handful of personal objects tracing Pavarotti’s unlikely path from Belém, a port city on the edge of the Amazon, to Paris.
    — Alison S. Cohn, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of opens
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  • Residents deserve a candidate that prioritizes their quality of life, manages public resources and facilitates transparent communication.
    — Miami Herald staff, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026
  • That agreement does not provide services across the board to all campuses but only facilitates them.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of facilitates
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  • Though rain chances are expected to decrease Thursday night as the weather system clears by Friday morning, flood warnings will extend into the weekend and next week in some areas, the weather service said.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The routine output juniors used to produce is what clears the gate, so what is left is checking, correcting and escalating what an agent produced.
    — Manu Khetan, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of clears
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unclogging
unclogs
unclose
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“Unclogs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unclogs. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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