unwound

Example Sentences

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Increased US imports from Vietnam and Mexico, where Chinese firms have boosted their investments, suggest business ties between the two countries have not completely unwound.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

The curve flattening following the Lower House election was justified as political and fiscal risks unwound, Stephen Spratt and Reo Sakida say in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

When large positions are unwound, the capital does not vanish.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

The effect of a mass deleveraging looks set to bleed over into stock markets, and metals aren’t the only crowded trade susceptible to being unwound.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Eventually, there were deserts and more forests and mountain ranges and even an ocean, all accessible by large networks of roads that unwound this way and that, like great spools of yarn.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill