tease

Example Sentences

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"These simulations allow us to tease out small effects to determine what actually happens, helping us to understand our observations."

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

To tease out the underlying trend, the Fed has focused on core services prices excluding housing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

In his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, Trump will have the opportunity to tout his record on affordability and tease new plans to bring prices down.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

When Banks purrs, “You have no idea what we have planned for Cycle 25,” you’ll have to forgive me for taking that as a threat, not a tease.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

As a result of the publicity about his schooling, or lack thereof, Fischer was beginning to be thought of as a nyeculturni by the Russians, unschooled and uncultured, and they began to tease him.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady