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  • present participle of undo.
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undoing

[uhn-doo-ing] / ʌnˈdu ɪŋ /


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Just over two weeks after its release, Stone’s undoing has racked up more than 1.6 million pageviews.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

But the success of the scheme has also been its undoing – it's growing rapidly and costing the government too much.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

A spell has erased Peter Parker from the world’s memory — the price of undoing the public exposure of his identity — leaving him a stranger to his best friend, Ned, and to MJ.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

“They really don’t get credit for doing something bad and then undoing it,” U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

“Awesome,” said Kyle as he started undoing the tape.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

The bills follow other subtle undoings that opponents have linked to prioritizing energy over conservation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2018

This novel ends where Shakespeare's Hamlet begins--after Act I, Scene 2, to be precise--and fills in the story of what the dramatis personae might have been up to before their tragic undoings at Elsinore.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of the production's inspired touches is to punctuate the private doings and undoings of the characters with snatches of contemporaneous news footage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Worldly doings and undoings on and around a posh golf course.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her short teaching experience had shown her that the only way to gain children's confidence is not to display too great a curiosity in regard to their comings and goings, their doings and undoings.

From Flamsted quarries by G. Patrick Nelson




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