untangling

verb

Definition of untanglingnext
present participle of untangle
1
as in unraveling
to separate the various strands of gently untangled the baby's hair

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2
as in freeing
to set free from entanglement or difficulty I was finally able to untangle myself from my credit problems

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  1. unraveling
  2. freeing
  3. disentangling
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  • Goines is the mad son of a top virologist who turns out to be a key to unraveling the origin of the virus.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The old friends reunite to investigate Jason’s death, slowly unraveling a plot with global consequences and unleashing carnage across the city.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of unraveling
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  • Handling routine inquiries automatically can significantly cut response times for simple requests, freeing up your staff to focus on more complex customer needs.
    Kristjan Vilosius, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • And, also, other Americans that are undeclared, and freeing Syrians from prisons is something that's really important.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of freeing
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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
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