1
as in unraveled
to separate the various strands of
gently untangled the baby's hair
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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
North Crowley fell on it first, but when the pile was untangled, Allen tight end Jackson Hoppe had it.
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Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Dec. 2025
Each is a kind of performance, Blue Cowboy implies, that can be untangled and revealed as a fiction but also contains something beautiful in its sustained gesture.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
Each salmon must be untangled from the net one by one.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Dec. 2025
Each is a kind of performance, Blue Cowboy implies, that can be untangled and revealed as a fiction but also contains something beautiful in its sustained gesture.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
Each salmon must be untangled from the net one by one.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untangled
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Under Alex Grinch, who followed Riley from Oklahoma, the Trojans unraveled on that end.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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The partnership unraveled in 2007 over what MacNeil alleged were defective mats.—
Monica Hunter-Hart,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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After the Revolution, many Hessian prisoners were freed and settled in Frederick, which already had a sizable German population, Baker said.—
Christine Condon,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2026
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Moon was freed at the start of the Korean War, and went south as a refugee.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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The filing underscores the administration’s position that immigration enforcement and foreign policy decisions cannot be disentangled from national security concerns and that all of those are solely under the federal government’s purview.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Jan. 2026
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No Spotify or Netflix exists for literature, where (other than with some exceptions, such as for vinyl collectors) the medium and the message are more easily disentangled, but the codex has endured for two millennia whereas the CD and the DVD lasted barely two decades.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
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The animal rights activist saved two cows from slaughter, Liberty and Indigo, in 2020.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Set 19 years after Harry, Ron and Hermione saved the wizarding world, the play follows them on a new adventure alongside a brave new generation arriving at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
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The driver was extricated from the vehicle by first responders and taken to the hospital in critical condition, the statement said.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Subaru driver, identified as 63-year-old Shari Sirkin of Stratford, was extricated by the Oxford Fire Department and transported to Waterbury Hospital by Oxford EMS where she was pronounced dead, according to state police.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
9 Jan. 2026
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The 12-track effort is full of wide, sprawling arrangements that segue from hushed and contemplative to liberated.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
28 Jan. 2026
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She was sent to Ravensbrück and then to Bergen-Belsen, where she was liberated by the British Army in April 1945.—
Vanessa Gera,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Untangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untangled. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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