unroll
verb (used with object)
to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled).
have unrolled
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present perfectof unroll.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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Since November, authorities have unrolled a bewildering array of measures including subsidies, export permits and a palm oil levy as well as export bans to contain cooking oil prices.
From Reuters ● May 24, 2022
Since November, authorities have unrolled a bewildering array of policy measures including subsidies, export permits and a palm oil levy as well as export bans.
From Reuters ● May 17, 2022
Against their splendid backdrops have unrolled many of the high moments of history.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its life, habits and habitat winter and summer, would have unrolled before them, and the dogs-eared and rain-stained note-book sprung open for a new entry.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 by Various
I have spoken of the second fall, I have unrolled before you the scenes which took place with Léon.
From The Public vs. M. Gustave Flaubert by Various
