unriddling

verb

present participle of unriddle
1
as in solving
to find an answer for through reasoning I managed to unriddle the novel's central mystery before the main character did

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2
as in explaining
to make plain or understandable the all-encompassing genius of Leonardo da Vinci is something that no biographer could ever hope to unriddle

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unriddling
  1. solving
  2. explaining
  3. unraveling
  4. clarifying
  5. answering
  6. illustrating
  7. resolving
  8. demonstrating
Verb
  • Previous studies also have found differences between passive sedentary behaviors, such as television watching, and more mentally active ones, including solving puzzles and being mentally engaged during work.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The companies that endure aren’t the ones that chase every opportunity but the ones that stay relentlessly focused on solving the right problems exceptionally well.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of solving
Verb
  • Their background needs explaining, and there is less internal precedent for what success looks like.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Creighton jokes, explaining that making the film accessible to people is far more interesting to her than some sort of contrived celebrity impact campaign.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of explaining
Verb
  • Washington and Tokyo’s unprecedented step to bolster the yen already appears to be unraveling.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Kim has not yet entered a plea but is scheduled to appear in court next month in San Jose, the next step in unraveling what led to the death of a young man police say was the victim of a botched murder-for-hire plot.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of unraveling
Verb
  • Organizations achieving meaningful value are redesigning workflows, establishing governance frameworks, investing in workforce readiness and clarifying accountability alongside technology deployment.
    — Jayasri Ranganathan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • As a policy tool, that commitment provides clarifying focus and a way to determine when to stop an operation.
    — KORI SCHAKE, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of clarifying
Verb
  • Universities should be perfectly capable of answering these questions for themselves.
    — David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • There are many unanswered questions in friendship research, but friendship-making orientation provides a useful step toward answering them.
    — Diego Guevara Beltran, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of answering
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  • Vulture podcast critic Nicholas Quah rounds up the year’s best and most interesting podcasts, with an eye toward illustrating broader shifts in the new-media landscape.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The Spanos prioritize employee legacy and community over a sale, illustrating why such valuable independent firms are often the hardest to acquire.
    — Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of illustrating
Verb
  • Employees shifted their attention from repetitive data entry to resolving the remaining small number of true business exceptions.
    — Mia Urman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The showrunner and cast reflect on Jackie and Cole’s next chapter as a couple, their ups and eventual downs and resolving the love triangle with Alex.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of resolving
Verb
  • Its technical documentation is being shared with other African countries, demonstrating how battery storage can stabilize fragile grids against future climate impacts.
    — Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Over 100 landowners have denied power company surveyors access to their property, again demonstrating Maryland’s tenacity against harmful development which, frankly, no one asked for.
    — Adrianne Fantasia, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of demonstrating
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