UNSPOOLING Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

unspooling

verb

present participle of unspool

as in uncoiling

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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

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The chemistry prize recognized two scientists for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop countless drugs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Drop it onto its magnetic base station when you're done playing, and never worry about untangling dead wires again.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026

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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

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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

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