unroll
verb (used with object)
to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled).
is unrolling
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present progressiveof unroll (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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Well, as predicted, this is unrolling in a distinctly non-apocalyptic way as far as meaningful fallout goes.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2019
Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, is unrolling major reforms to support more women in the workforce.
From Time ● Jun. 18, 2015
Departing from its usual true-crime reality fare, the network is unrolling “Heartbreakers,” which brings back stars from the past in scripted melodramas that happen to be based on true life.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 9, 2014
Departing from its usual true-crime reality fare, the network is unrolling "Heartbreakers," which brings back stars from the past in scripted melodramas that happen to be based on true life.
From US News ● Jul. 9, 2014
In the meantime, while the page of fate is unrolling, I feel a secret agitation which consumes me, the more so for being repressed.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Florence A. Thomas Marshall
