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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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Anthropic, a company founded by OpenAI exiles worried about the dangers of AI, is loosening its core safety principle in response to competition.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
25 Feb. 2026 -
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will terminate Anthropic's $200 million contract with the military by Friday unless the artificial intelligence lab agrees to loosening its safety standards.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
24 Feb. 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
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But the House version — HB 217 — doesn’t come close to undoing the damage.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The parting of ways was a mutual and amicable one.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2026
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Cars were still given as parting gifts for retired employees, and hundreds of thousands of dollars continued to be spent on promotional events and videos — all while membership continued its downward spiral and the union’s pension fund struggled to stay afloat.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Untying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untying. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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