unlace

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Recent Examples of unlace More than one hiker has inadvertently gotten the oil on their fingers when unlacing a boot, then transferred it to their forehead. Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 10 May 2023 Usher followed — reportedly only after unlacing his skates first — and allegedly went to meet Brown & Co. behind some buses parked outside. Vulture, 8 May 2023 However, the zipper eliminates having to fully unlace the Kamiak Ridge with each use. Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 June 2021 Their joy turns to horror as a train approaches and Buddy struggles to unlace his shoe. Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 9 Dec. 2020 Keep your shoes laced normally, then unlace the top two eyelets (this includes that extra eyelet on the top). Alexa Tucker, SELF, 8 May 2019 At the French Open on Monday, the 36-year-old was abruptly forced to unlace her sneakers because of a chest muscle injury that prevented her from stepping on court. Sandra Harwitt, USA TODAY, 4 June 2018 Kumar chewed on the aircraft cables that are used as wire to secure his habitat until one broke, allowing him to unlace the wires. Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlace
Verb
  • When the driver's seat belt is unfastened and the vehicle is started, the seat belt warning audible warning may be activated for an insufficient amount of time, making the vehicles noncompliant with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard.
    Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
  • His bow tie wants to be untied, his vest buttons unfastened, his top hat removed.
    James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Verb
  • My only beef was that the barrel laces felt clumsy when tightening the shoe and came untied easily.
    Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 23 June 2025
  • But Monday was the 12th time in the past 24 games the Padres’ bullpen has lost a lead or let an opponent untie a game.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2025
Verb
  • Those fixes, such as fine-tuning a model’s responses to avoid dangerous outputs, can work in the short term but are easier to undo and can sometimes weaken the model in unintended ways.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Brandon Bell/Getty Brian Albrecht, chief economist at the International Center for Law and Economics, added that even small distortions could be difficult to undo.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The work offers hints of a new explanation for how the brain can unbraid overlapping streams of auditory stimuli so quickly and effectively.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Step 4: When the hair is dry and cooled, unbraid the hair and loosen the curls.
    Felicity Carter, Forbes, 6 June 2021

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“Unlace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlace. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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