as in to unfasten
to disengage the knotted parts of
she always makes sure to untie her shoelaces before removing her shoes
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Recent Examples of untie
Several types of operations are required to make the kind of knot that represents 0, untie it and tie it into a knot that represents 1, or create a quantum superposition of the two.
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IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2025
Tina untied the tourniquet on Lilian’s arm and left with the tray of tubes.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
The back features a slip-on design that your foot can glide into, with no need to untie (or retie) laces .
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2025
Loosening the shoe up a touch requires just a couple quick clicks of the dial rather than untying laces, loosening laces and shoe upper material, and retying.
—New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2025
Tina untied the tourniquet on Lilian’s arm and left with the tray of tubes.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
The back features a slip-on design that your foot can glide into, with no need to untie (or retie) laces .
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2025
Loosening the shoe up a touch requires just a couple quick clicks of the dial rather than untying laces, loosening laces and shoe upper material, and retying.
—New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for untie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untie
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Grant, meanwhile, wore a simple black suit and a white button-up shirt with the first few buttons unfastened in a boyish manner.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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Ayoola attempted to put his fingers between his neck and the seatbelt, and was unable to unfasten his seatbelt.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
8 Sep. 2024
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And then Joe Biden decided to undo that with the signing of his signature.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The number of departures would effectively undo that staffing increase, Bloomberg reported.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
15 Apr. 2025
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Idaho’s 1-to-6 ratio for infants remains in place, but the ratios were loosened for all older children.—
Rachel Cohen,
Vox,
17 Apr. 2025
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Compliance Gets Hyperlocal There is a tendency when reading headlines about sweeping changes to major regulatory initiatives to look only at the top-line effects — federal regulation is loosening — and the assumption that this will make compliance less burdensome.—
Mary Foley,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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But for Buddhists, dying is an opportunity to unbind from the past and start again.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2025
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The book was centered on the idea that Russia’s geography is its fate and that there is nothing any ruler can do to unbind himself from the necessities of securing his lands.—
Anton Barbashin,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Mar. 2014
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“Untie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untie. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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