raveling

verb

variants or ravelling
Definition of ravelingnext
present participle of ravel
as in unraveling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raveling
  1. unraveling
  2. unwinding
  3. disentangling
Verb
  • But Forbes reported that unraveling TikTok from ByteDance will be all but impossible, and more recently, found that if TikTok is banned, Americans’ data could flow back to China.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Jack eventually saves Santa and defeats Oogie by unraveling his cloth, revealing a squirming pile of insects.
    Mike Miller, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of unraveling
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  • The new approach will involve unwinding these initiatives, which have consumed a significant portion of the company’s resources.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Just before evacuating, the actor was outside unwinding his fire hose.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of unwinding
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  • Patel has talked about disentangling the FBI’s intelligence-gathering operations — now a core function of the bureau’s mandate — from the rest of its operations.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2024
  • For conditions like obesity, neurodegenerative disease (like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases), and some psychiatric diseases (like depression), disentangling cause from effect is more challenging.
    Keren Landman, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of disentangling
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Thesaurus Entries Near raveling

raveled (out)

raveling

raveling (out)

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“Raveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raveling. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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