disentangle

Example Sentences

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Their lives intersect, then disentangle, then return to each other’s orbit again.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

"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

“I thought this belonged to that bloke Perkins at the Ministry?” he asked, starting to disentangle the tent pegs.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling