disentangle
verb (used with or without object)
to free or become free from entanglement; untangle; extricate (often followed byfrom ).
is disentangling
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present progressiveof disentangle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“The hardest problem is disentangling all these climate effects and trying to clarify links between potential kill mechanisms and certain groups of organisms.”
From Scientific American ● Jul. 1, 2022
“The problem is disentangling what is Olympics cost and what is just general infrastructure spending that would have happened anyways but was sped up for the Olympics.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
Johnson would take on a role that involves promoting U.S. businesses and interests at a time when Britain is disentangling itself from the European Union.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2017
Britain is disentangling itself from the European Union.
From Economist ● Dec. 15, 2016
More often than not he is disentangling and exhibiting qualities of which all he can truly say is that they have proved comfortable or exhilarating to a particular person at a particular moment.
From Since Cézanne by Clive Bell
