disentangle

Example Sentences

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"It's hard to disentangle but it is not hard to disentangle when it's market reaction to an announcement."

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

"Investigating such rare familial clusters offers a rare window into the polygenic inheritance of resilience and may help disentangle the genetic and epigenetic contributions to extreme longevity," notes Dr. de Castro.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

Policymakers are trying to disentangle whether a slowdown in monthly job gains reflects fewer people entering the country and seeking jobs or, instead, a drop in demand for workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Within a short span, the Sheriff’s Department contacted Othram, a Texas-based forensic laboratory that specializes in genome sequencing that helps disentangle cold cases.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2025

Jutta moves through the world somewhere, watching shadows disentangle themselves from night, watching miners limp past in the dawn.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr