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

Those who study the root causes of crime say that it may take years, if not decades, to disentangle the causes of the pandemic-era surge in violence and the precipitous drop that has followed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 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

But the more we rely on this power, the more our rivals aim to disentangle their economies from our own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Dawn found me helping Abu and Seth disentangle nets in a stretch full of submerged trees.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo