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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Yet, the season unraveled in 2025, due largely to injuries.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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But their plans to get back home have completely unraveled.—
Heath Kalb,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Once she is freed, Dek discover the robot is missing her bottom half.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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And, of course, Amherst had freed Black people, and I was told that there were Black people who were working for the family outside of the house, in the fields and gardens.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Had the vaccine reached the elder sooner, perhaps more of the Juma people’s history would have been saved.—
Adriana Brasileiro,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Go to Settings > General > Local Capture to choose where your recordings are saved or to enable audio-only recording.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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One woman suffered serious injuries and had to be extricated after being pinned inside the wreckage.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
4 Jan. 2026
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Brown watched as the man was extricated from the car and taken — alive — to the hospital.—
Brittany Wallman,
Miami Herald,
17 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Lawrence is liberated from anything resembling propriety or self-consciousness here.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Fed chair’s grounding in history liberated him from rigid doctrines and encouraged innovative policymaking.—
John T. Shaw,
Twin Cities,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Untangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untangled. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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