uncork
verb (used with object)
to draw the cork from.
have uncorked
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present perfectof uncork.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Heady visions of AI’s potential have uncorked a tidal wave of AI-linked borrowing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
On eight acres in Eastern Washington, Mark and Tami Garvin have uncorked a second career.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2019
He would have uncorked an 80-point game by now if he was much younger because "I just know my personality," he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2016
The synod meetings are closed to the media, but at daily briefings bishops have said that Francis appears serene and quite pleased to have uncorked a genuine debate.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2015
He lifts a box from the ooze: he appears to have uncorked the world.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 by Various
