unwind
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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
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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
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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
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“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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