as in straightened
to cause to follow a line that is without bends or curls
uncurled the ribbon and flattened it out
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Verb
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Sheen has since laid low, and claims to be sober and to have straightened his life out — even appearing sporadically in film and TV roles.—
Oren Peleg,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025 -
Swap them out for wavy blowouts, straightened hair, and more styles.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As torque decreases, the flexible shaft elastically moves back to its untwisted state and the blade pitch drops again.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 May 2025
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Tight at first, a little funky when the screw cap is untwisted, this wine soon revels in its freedom and reveals juicy blackberry, boysenberry, cherry and raspberry flavors.—
Dave McIntyre,
Washington Post,
12 May 2022
Adjective
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There are also more storylines in the linear version, with longer episodes meaning more stages, checkpoints and challenges along the way.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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The path won’t always be linear.—
Zach Sweet,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Uncurled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncurled. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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