Example Sentences

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Compounding that, some popular investment themes have unwound.

From Barron's • Sep. 26, 2025

Further signs of resilience in the U.S. economy help explain the latest sell off in Treasuries, as traders have unwound bets the U.S.

From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2023

Some grocers have unwound partnerships with Instacart or built up their own delivery capability.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2023

In the just the past four months, however, they have unwound $173 billion from that mega-trade—an enormous redemption but still just a sliver of $1.4 trillion.

From BusinessWeek • Sep. 24, 2013

Thus Ovid says, alluding probably to the padding system adopted by dandies and theatrical artists,  150 Dēbŭĕrant fūsōs ēvŏlŭīssĕ sŭōs: They ought to have unwound their spindles.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John