unplugs

present tense third-person singular of unplug
as in opens
to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions the chimney should work just fine once it is unplugged and cleaned out

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Recent Examples of unplugs Joe angrily unplugs the screen and the camera keeps following him. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025 This is akin to the driving instructor who unplugs the GPS, the biology teacher who rejects the microscope, the accounting professor who bans calculators or digital spreadsheets, and the musicologist who forbids digital audio software. Ann Kirschner, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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  • The whisky opens with the scent of dark cherries, raisins, and Brazil-nut toffee, touched with marzipan and date caramel.
    Emily Price, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Now, a grown-up Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) faces new and familiar frights after her equally goth daughter, Astrid (Jenna Ortega), opens a portal to the Netherworld and reawakens everyone's favorite pinstriped ghost.
    Emy LaCroix, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • Literally seconds later… the fog clears and the army rolls in to save the day.
    James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The London market clears an average 20 million ounces in daily trade, according to the WGC — but the trade body's outlook for digital gold goes even further.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Unplugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unplugs. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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