as in to expand
to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area
after the protestors had unfurled their banner, it stretched from one side of the visitors' gallery to the other
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Recent Examples of unfurl
His work featured a nude male athlete unfurling the Swedish flag as behind him athletes waved flags of other participating nations.
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Tim Genske, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Installed throughout wealthy industrialist Andrew Carnegie’s former mansion, a 64-room Georgian Revival on Manhattan’s Upper East Side—Cooper Hewitt’s location since 1976—the exhibition unfurls over the building’s four opulent floors.
—Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
The spacecraft, about the size of a microwave oven, unfurled its sail—which billowed out to 860 square feet—in late August.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
The action unfurls not in ancient Thebes, said Sarah Hemming in the Financial Times, but in a modern-day suburban home, where King Creon is Chris, his niece Antigone is Annie, and her sister Ismene is Issy.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 17 Oct. 2024
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Tim Genske, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Installed throughout wealthy industrialist Andrew Carnegie’s former mansion, a 64-room Georgian Revival on Manhattan’s Upper East Side—Cooper Hewitt’s location since 1976—the exhibition unfurls over the building’s four opulent floors.
—Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
The spacecraft, about the size of a microwave oven, unfurled its sail—which billowed out to 860 square feet—in late August.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
The action unfurls not in ancient Thebes, said Sarah Hemming in the Financial Times, but in a modern-day suburban home, where King Creon is Chris, his niece Antigone is Annie, and her sister Ismene is Issy.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 17 Oct. 2024
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Subscribe to hear this story A local packaging distributor is working to expand the reach of a biodegradable film capable of reducing waste in the manufacturing process.Alex Garner, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
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Booksellers say the demand is coming both from spiritually curious people and people who already own one or more and are looking to expand their collection.BYChris Morris, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
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Even if the owner extends beyond his comfort zone to retain Bregman — which remains a legitimate possibility — Tucker exists in a totally different echelon.Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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The third initiative allows the Louisiana Legislature to extend a regular session in increments of two days up to a maximum of six days if necessary to pass a bill appropriating money.Jacob Mathews | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Dec. 2024
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Club officials had a plethora of permutations for how this winter would unfold, but had not committed to anything before gathering this week at the Winter Meetings.Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Around the same time, Argentine prosecutors were building a larger case that would, unfolding over the next five years, expose the inner workings of the entire torture-and-murder apparatus at ESMA.Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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But open it and immediately get transported into a black-and-white world of drifters with piercing, thousand-yard stares, and dusty, unforgiving landscapes and structures.Donny Bajohr, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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Liquid egg substitutes and opened frozen egg substitutes should not be frozen.Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Unfurl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfurl. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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