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or untieing
as in unfastening
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or untieing
as in loosening
to disengage the knotted parts of
she always makes sure to untie her shoelaces before removing her shoes
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Verb
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This basically turns it into a small T-style driver that provides extra leverage for loosening screws or jammed fasteners.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
4 Mar. 2026 -
Gražinytė-Tyla led the Philharmonic premiere of his Fifth Symphony, written in 1961 as the tyranny was loosening just enough to make way for the score’s wild emotional topography.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Many diseases are more infectious and more lethal than COVID-19 was, and the next such pandemic could prove to be our species’ undoing.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 Mar. 2026
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Morrison never stopped thinking about the trick of evoking erasure and undoing it at the same time.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The parting of one's hair has sparked a generational debate online.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
26 Feb. 2026
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The parting of ways was a mutual and amicable one.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Untying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untying. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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