raveling

verb

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

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  1. unraveling
  2. unwinding
  3. disentangling
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  • The violence has left many in France with a sense that their nation was unraveling with a deeply unpopular president struggling to manage a growing debt crisis amid extreme social and political divisions.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Passmore plays David, a divorced, broke, and unraveling father who sets out for California with his oldest son, William (Nagy), on a two-thousand-mile drive.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of unraveling
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  • At that point, alignment means unwinding decisions and resetting expectations.
    — Simon Wells, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The company has also been deliberate in unwinding its previous reliance on legacy franchises, such as the Dunk and Air Force 1 shoes.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of unwinding
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  • Cutting Iran off completely from the UAE could deal a serious blow to the Islamic Republic’s economy — but experts say disentangling the pair’s commercial ties could prove difficult.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • New characters and backstory details are dropped in before existing loose ends are tied up, resulting in unclear motivations and convoluted layers of subplot that, ultimately, do not prove relevant enough to have been worth disentangling.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of disentangling
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“Raveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raveling. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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