Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspooling
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Courts have historically been more open to stopping a deal rather than unwinding one.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Feb. 2026 -
Despite being a quick walk from downtown Palm Springs, the Historic Tennis Club is snoozy and near-silent—perfect for unwinding after a busy day.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The layers of deception and betrayal will feel deeply familiar to anyone who spent three seasons untangling Stephen’s lies.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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Gerima continued to explain that untangling film production from its violent colonial past was a constant battle.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2026
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On the doorstep of a pivotal, final week and with its season in serious danger of unraveling, USC basketball’s leading scorer has been dismissed from the program.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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As clever as the king, Penelope sits at her loom each night unraveling the day’s work.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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In a feat of precision physics, researchers from Cornell and Stanford Universities have filmed atoms twisting and untwisting in perfect sync, a choreography that unfolds in just a trillionth of a second.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Nov. 2025
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Embedded in a patriarchal family within an oppressive society, Mrie faces the challenge of disentangling herself from both.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Our narrator, a gay, happily married father of two disentangling himself from a poly love affair, is—depending on the light—brilliant, self-mythologizing, abject, hopeful, and vulnerable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Unspooling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspooling. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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