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Recent Examples of unscrew
Simply unscrew the base and fill with water, then heap the coffee into the filter basket and screw on the top.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
Use the tools to loosen the fixture and unscrew it entirely with your hands.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
Each participant unscrews the cap, tips one back, then checks the number printed on the bottom.
—Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 26 Aug. 2025
The side panels then remove by unscrewing the security screws, snapping them away from the back panel, and lifting their front tabs out of corresponding hooks at the back edge of the front panel.
—PC Magazine, 31 July 2025
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
Use the tools to loosen the fixture and unscrew it entirely with your hands.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
Each participant unscrews the cap, tips one back, then checks the number printed on the bottom.
—Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 26 Aug. 2025
The side panels then remove by unscrewing the security screws, snapping them away from the back panel, and lifting their front tabs out of corresponding hooks at the back edge of the front panel.
—PC Magazine, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscrew
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They are typically screwed into the snow and often cemented in by water that turns to ice.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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Everyone is kind of trying to screw each other over.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Feb. 2026
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Paiza residents, however, would do well to make full use of the Paiza Sky Residence, where a rotating cast of sumptuous buffets, indulgent high tea,s and free-flowing cocktails await.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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Only one ambulance crew serves the whole city, and doctors and other health workers rotate in from Russian regions like Perm to work at its hospital, said a 67-year-old former engineer who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution.—
Yuras Karmanau,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Unscrew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscrew. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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