1
as in unraveling
to separate the various strands of
gently untangled the baby's hair
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2
as in freeing
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 untangling
Creditors confronting both foreign trustees and secured interests must evaluate the cost of untangling each layer.
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Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Rebecca Sheppard specializes in untangling other people’s financial messes.
—Joel Jacobs, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
Rebecca Sheppard specializes in untangling other people’s financial messes.
—Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, 10 Mar. 2026
There is nothing glamorous about arriving at your hotel and untangling a nest of cords.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
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
Gerima continued to explain that untangling film production from its violent colonial past was a constant battle.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2026
At other points, Siegal turned to Epstein for advice on everything from a dispute over her inheritance to untangling her personal finances to dealing with a rival to her publicity business.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 10 Feb. 2026
So that's going to be the hardest part about this game — untangling this five-dimensional web of connections that go back 20 years to Colby and Jenna and Stephenie.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Rebecca Sheppard specializes in untangling other people’s financial messes.
—Joel Jacobs, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
Rebecca Sheppard specializes in untangling other people’s financial messes.
—Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, 10 Mar. 2026
There is nothing glamorous about arriving at your hotel and untangling a nest of cords.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
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
Gerima continued to explain that untangling film production from its violent colonial past was a constant battle.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2026
At other points, Siegal turned to Epstein for advice on everything from a dispute over her inheritance to untangling her personal finances to dealing with a rival to her publicity business.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 10 Feb. 2026
So that's going to be the hardest part about this game — untangling this five-dimensional web of connections that go back 20 years to Colby and Jenna and Stephenie.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untangling
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Vance also questioned what information Omar allegedly knew and withheld regarding sweeping fraud federal investigators are unraveling in her home state of Minnesota.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Mar. 2026
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The tectonic architecture of the Aegean Sea is messy, rife with crisscrossing faults and myriad volcanoes that make unraveling what happens at depth extremely difficult.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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Several years later, then-President Abraham Lincoln, a member of the Republican Party, issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing all slaves living in Confederate states who were against the Union.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Mar. 2026
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After freeing a man who was convicted in a pizza delivery driver’s slaying, the state’s Parole Board has rejected releasing an accomplice who fatally stabbed the food courier.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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The Hortas were horrified to learn that Tania Hernandez, the owner of the small house where their friend was going hungry, was a social services worker for the state charged with the mission of saving frail, elderly and disabled adults like Rabell.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Kane County Health Department has partnered with community organizations to install publicly accessible naloxone dispensing boxes, making the life-saving medication easier to obtain quickly and discreetly.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The fundamental goal of the 1787 Constitution was to establish a republican form of government — and that meant disentangling the traditional powers of the monarch and placing them in different branches of government.—
David French,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
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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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The Fort Worth Fire Department was called to the scene to help with extricating four people from the vehicle, according to the statement.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2026
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The alternating timelines force the writers to do a lot of strained connection-building that, around midseason, ceases to be effective; the makers of Scarpetta were very smart about joining the murders narratively, but much less smart about extricating themselves creatively.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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Today the artist, who is of Māori and Scottish descent, sees the irony of her first encounter — liberating the bird from a symbol of the culture that caused its demise.—
Tom Page,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
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But is liberating to be able to laugh about such terrible things on screen.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Untangling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untangling. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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