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unlock

Definition for unlock

verb as in open; solve

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A firm considered one of the leading global voices in encryption has cancelled the announcement of its leadership election results after an official lost the encrypted key needed to unlock them.

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Beating back the government’s breakup efforts unlocked a lot of value.

Louise Gates, Phoenix Garden manager, said she often found phones "thrown over the fence from the night before" when she unlocked the garden in the morning.

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He said that to "unlock" the £200m fund, the UK government had to find a commercial partner willing to invest in Grangemouth and that ministers were "scouring the earth" to do so.

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Eze was brought in to unlock defences that sit deep like Spurs did, and he showed off every aspect of his game.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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