unlock
verb (used with object)
to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
is unlocking
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present progressiveof unlock (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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Second, banking deregulation in the U.S. is unlocking fresh, additional lending capacity with estimates as high as $2.6 trillion circulated by research firm Alvarez & Marsal.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
What do you remember clicked for you in that class where you’re like, “This is unlocking something for me”?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
When she's not unlocking defences and scoring goals on a football pitch, she is unlocking and locking prison doors in her day job as a prison officer at HMP Berwyn in Wrexham.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2023
There’s a fever in California’s gold country these days, the kind that comes with the realization that nature is unlocking another stash of precious metal.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
“If all you’re worried about is unlocking a door, then yes,” he said.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
