unthread

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Recent Examples of unthread Use the valve-core remover to unthread the core counterclockwise, then remove it and set it aside. Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 28 July 2020 For disc brakes Open and unthread the thru-axle and slide it out of the hub, then lower the wheel out of the dropouts. Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 3 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unthread
Verb
  • Even more remarkable is that cameras caught Richardson running with her right shoelace untied.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 24 June 2024
  • Slip on shoes: on sale for $24.99 Original price: $39.99 Fumbling to untie your shoes at security is stressful, so avoid the stress this year by getting some slip-on shoes like these.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • More than one hiker has inadvertently gotten the oil on their fingers when unlacing a boot, then transferred it to their forehead.
    Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 10 May 2023
  • Usher followed — reportedly only after unlacing his skates first — and allegedly went to meet Brown & Co. behind some buses parked outside.
    Vulture, Vulture, 8 May 2023
Verb
  • The snake uncoiled and hung down between the engine and the tire, looking at him with yellow beady eyes.
    Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
  • But during the middle stretch, everyone limbers up—Discs 15 and 16, afternoon and evening shows in Houston, are particularly loose and swinging, Robbie uncoiling like a snake.
    Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Lenovo Lenovo The keyboard includes a button for making the screen unroll.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The intertwining plots unroll in a mishmash of styles.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • This reappearance did not undo the censorship of the World’s Fair mural.
    Richard Meyer, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
  • In the past two weeks, the Trump administration has spent a remarkable amount of time undoing health orders—not just the Biden administration’s rules, but also its own jarring crackdown.
    Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Gordon, an event planner and publisher of East End Taste, said checking into a local boutique hotel for a night or two in the off-season is a great way to unwind and get to know her hometown even better.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Several agencies and their workers have negotiated agreements broadening telework since the pandemic and trying to unwind those will likely result in litigation.
    Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • What at first presents itself as a survival horror, though, slowly unknots itself with twists and turns.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The idea is that a meditative approach can allow people to feel with resilience and unknot the ropework of repression without being flooded into despair.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 15 Sep. 2022

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“Unthread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unthread. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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