undid

past tense of undo
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Recent Examples of undid Hatagan’s testimony at his sentencing undid the fraudulent invoices claim presented by prosecutors and that statute of limitations began when the alleged crime occurred, the motion stated. Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 Her grandmother sat on the single bed as Rebecca undid the back of her dress. Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026 But when renovating an 18th-century apartment on a side street in the Marais, architect Clément Lesnoff-Rocard boldly undid a number of alterations to the home over the years. Felix Wagner, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2026 This movie completely undid my sense of what that type of filmmaking could be. Stephanie Bai, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 Shamar Joseph then used the favorable overcast bowling conditions to perfection when his impeccable swing undid Kamindu Mendis, who left a delivery that swung back enough to knock back the off stump. ABC News, 28 June 2026 Instead, Sapphire undid her shorts. Literary Hub, 22 June 2026 Ryan Oksenhorn, co-founder of drone delivery startup Zipline, wrote in a post on X last month that his company was evaluating GitLab and Atlassian's Bitbucket after GitHub accidentally undid code revisions, and subsequently provided instructions on recovering changes. Jordan Novet, CNBC, 22 May 2026 Specifically, the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act undid parts of the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act that had offered tax incentives for wind and solar. David Condos, NPR, 19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undid
Verb
  • Prosecutors say after killing her children, Clancy cut her wrists and neck and jumped from a second-story window, leaving her partially paralyzed.
    Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Lindsay Clancy trial Clancy, who is partially paralyzed from jumping out her second-story bedroom window after killing the children, could be sentenced to life in prison without parole if convicted.
    Kristina Rex, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Because you can't get untied every time.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
  • As the Knicks pulled away in the third quarter of Game 1, Hart bent down during a stoppage in play and, without saying a word, subtly untied the shoe of Fallon, who was seated courtside.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • That bothered Duncan, because direct attack can be dangerous in extreme fire conditions.
    Murphy Woodhouse, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Brown was asked Thursday what bothered him about the process.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The ones who are guessing or scared or covering a gap in their own thinking are the ones who dress uncertainty up in language that sounds important.
    Jeremy Macliver, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Gamache immediately raced his boat toward the group, and the approaching vessel apparently scared the alligator away.
    Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Each era's binding constraint, once loosened, ceased to be where advantage lived, and the frontier moved.
    Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Once the ground is cleared and loosened, work in a layer of topsoil, compost, or fertilizer before laying down seed.
    Amanda Tust, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Arizona officials were alarmed at the cuts federal officials are calling for in the three states in the river’s lower basin, the Arizona Republic has reported.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Public health authorities may be especially alarmed by possible tularemia cases because the bacterium that causes the illness, Francisella tularensis, is a Tier 1 bioterrorism threat.
    Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Family members on the ground waiting for their kids to get off the ride were terrified as well, the girls said.
    James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • He is terrified by it, but at the same time tries to use this instrument of terror so as to be master of it in his turn.
    Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • After the pink fabric is unfastened from styrofoam beams floating 200 feet out from each island, the sections are towed to shore and rolled up in bundles, Morgan said.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • 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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“Undid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undid. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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