disentangle
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And then, he insisted one should disentangle the benefits from the risk, as if that’s even possible.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Third, by demanding that plaintiffs disentangle race from politics, the court asks them to disprove the very structural reality that social network discrimination reveals.
From Slate ● May 22, 2026
"To disentangle the relative roles of innovation and environmental change, we need further analyses of trait-dependent diversification, fossil-informed timelines and performance tests that link true crabs' sideways movement to adaptive advantages," Kawabata adds.
From Science Daily ● May 2, 2026
But these latest emails will once again raise questions over whether they can disentangle themselves from their parents' mess.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
Sometimes we had to dive deep to disentangle them.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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After TopicVelo disentangles this kludge of processes and organizes them by topic, it applies topic weights back onto the cells, to account for what percentage of each cell's transcriptional profile is involved in which activity.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2024
The researchers found it in much the same way that one disentangles a knot, by pulling on individual threads to see where they lead.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2024
“I agree that before we implement any sweeping limits on youth’s access to social media, we need to have more conclusive evidence that disentangles adolescent use from all other age groups.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
A new study published today disentangles this link in mice, showing that speeding up a mouse’s heart rate made otherwise calm animals act more anxious.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 28, 2023
But Abby disentangles from Nick and walks toward me.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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He was a brilliant, compelling and tricky fellow, a novelist and political philosopher who disentangled himself from early communism and became culture minister to Charles de Gaulle in the 1960s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
This means there are two separate reasons race and politics cannot be disentangled, only one of which depends on history.
From Slate ● May 22, 2026
While Figgis’ documentary doesn’t dwell on the problem, “Megadoc” does arguably end up suffering because that ethical knot is never fully disentangled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
Rescuers said it appeared to take its last breath moments after being disentangled.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
A man disentangled himself from the black-and-white mass of players and took a step forward.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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Late last year, she was reading a book called “Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage,” about a woman disentangling the family finances after her husband of 20 years abruptly leaves her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 2026
Data from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation show transfers of state prison inmates to ICE custody have trended down since California began disentangling local and federal law enforcement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025
But disentangling this chicken-egg arrangement must start somewhere.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2024
Recently, I led an international team of biologists and archaeologists in disentangling the mysteries of how this transformation happens.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2023
As darkness began its rapid descent, I took my chance when they thought I was disentangling nets deep down, and struck out underwater, away from the boat.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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