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unwind

[uhn-wahynd] / ʌnˈwaɪnd /




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Management expects this to unwind in 2Q, improving cash flow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Courtney Love wanted to book a bunch of time,” but also wanted a place to unwind outside the studio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Weaker AI monetization expectations lead to less capital spending, which will cause an unwind of long AI positions that will then move into laggards, they reckon.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Trying to unwind the carbonized rolls frequently reduced them to piles of ash, eventually prompting Italian authorities to stop the practice.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

In the synthetic music machine the soundtrack roll began to unwind.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

While chip stocks were bouncing on Tuesday and software stocks were ceding some ground, neither move unwinds the extent of Monday’s performance.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Wendy Finerman unwinds by baking late at night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

When the trade unwinds, it will entail the opposite of what’s been happening — the selling of individual-stock volatility and the buying of index volatility, and a likely sharp rise in correlations.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

While some F1 stars like Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc choose to race online in their spare time, Häkkinen unwinds by riding horses.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

The rest of the afternoon unwinds in slow motion.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

It has unwound those holdings since 2023 in a process known as quantitative tightening.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

On the other hand, July registered a large drop in state and local education employment that might have been due more to calendar quirks than anything else, and so could be unwound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

That trade has since unwound dramatically, leaving growth more than two standard deviations oversold relative to value, partly because of the recent blowup of the AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

The boom results were posted despite South Korean stocks suffering a sharp sell-off on Wednesday as nervous traders unwound AI-driven bets, fretting whether lofty profit forecasts are realistic.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

She unwound the bandages and rinsed her raw hands and arms, splashed some water on her face.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

“Tightening policy now and unwinding this later would then introduce unnecessary volatility in fiscal settings,” economists at Investec wrote in a note to clients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Despite these dynamics, GM reported third-quarter profits of $3.3 billion, more than double last year's level, which was marred by one-time costs connected to unwinding electric vehicle investments.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Silver’s sharper price decline than gold reflects its “greater volatility, exposure to industrial demand, and the unwinding of earlier speculative enthusiasm,” said Ryan McIntyre, president of Sprott.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

Manus in September said it had resumed independent operations after unwinding the Meta acquisition.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

They passed out of sight, and then a rope ladder unfurled from the ledge, unwinding all the way to the base of the cliff.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull


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