1
as in unraveled
to separate the various strands of
gently untangled the baby's hair
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2
as in freed
to set free from entanglement or difficulty
I was finally able to untangle myself from my credit problems
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Recent Examples of untangled
Each salmon must be untangled from the net one by one.
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Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untangled
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Florida State has unraveled in the past three weeks and doesn’t look like team that handled Alabama in Week 1.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Oct. 2025
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What began as a shocking violation soon unraveled into something far darker.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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As part of the deal, Hamas released the 20 remaining living hostages in Gaza, and Israel freed nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
15 Oct. 2025
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Israel also freed 242 Palestinian prisoners serving long-term sentences, sending more than half of them into exile.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Experience might have saved him from this episode.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, the fact that 20 hostages' lives that were saved must be celebrated, Alter said.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The driver had to be extricated and was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries, DPS officials added.—
Michelle Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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He was extricated from his car and flown to Froedtert Hospital by Flight for Life.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The Warsaw doctors likewise wrote about patients whose hearts failed after they were fed; when Allied soldiers liberated the concentration camps, large numbers of emaciated people died after being given high-calorie foods such as chocolate.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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By the end of August, Paris was liberated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Untangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untangled. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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