as in relaxes
to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety
soft music and a good book help me unwind
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Recent Examples of unwinds
Below, Usher gives AD a peek into his life in Atlanta, dad duties, and how a hitmaker unwinds at home.
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 12 Nov. 2025
Here are the five scenes where Hollywood still unwinds, one fry, martini and romaine leaf at a time.
—Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 12 Nov. 2025
Here are the five scenes where Hollywood still unwinds, one fry, martini and romaine leaf at a time.
—Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwinds
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Every schedule crescendos and relaxes in terms of travel difficulty, but the Broncos have been on a particularly brutal run recently.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
7 Nov. 2025
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That first episode suffers from the need to do so much heavy lifting and feels both overstuffed and overly conventional, but once all the pieces are in place, the show relaxes into itself and its actual voice emerges.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
2 Nov. 2025
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The belief that the Maduro episode could be replicated in Iran also rests on a misleading comparison.—
Sanam Vakil,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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But according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the post-raid landscape, that assumption rests on dangerously fragile ground.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Unwinds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwinds. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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