unscrewing

verb

present participle of unscrew
as in screwing

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  1. screwing
  2. rotating
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  • Unlike MacKay’s Ferrars, seemingly the more loyal and irreproachable type, both men end up screwing over the Dashwoods in their own ways.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
  • In a video from March 4, 2019, her co-worker David Xu can be seen approaching her desk, pouring a substance into the bottle, screwing the lid back on and quickly walking away.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of screwing
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  • Its three rotating carbon masts are as tall as an eight-story palazzo, casting a silhouette that has by now become a fixture in the busy port where dozens of cruise ships dock each week.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Making an alien signal stand out from pulsars For their model, the researchers turned to pulsars, rapidly rotating, highly magnetized neutron stars that emit regular beams of radiation.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of rotating
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“Unscrewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscrewing. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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