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Recent Examples of unscrew
Use the tools to loosen the fixture and unscrew it entirely with your hands.
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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
Then disconnect the battery brackets, unplug the display connector, and unscrew the four screws that hold the glass to the housing.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 20 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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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
Then disconnect the battery brackets, unplug the display connector, and unscrew the four screws that hold the glass to the housing.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 20 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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Got screwed when the referee missed an obvious blow to the head that gave the Pats a field goal.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Cameramen everywhere are getting screwed by Hudson Williams’s favorite pose, the double-bird.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Aside from these roles, the show uses two casts of 150 people who rotate each week.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
12 Jan. 2026
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Following Kotb's departure, the fourth hour was retitled Today With Jenna & Friends, and saw Hager joined by a rotating cast of A-listers and colleagues to help her anchor the program.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Unscrew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscrew. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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