disentangle

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"Investigating such rare familial clusters offers a rare window into the polygenic inheritance of resilience and may help disentangle the genetic and epigenetic contributions to extreme longevity," notes Dr. de Castro.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

But questions have also been raised about whether they can disentangle themselves from their parents' mess.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

Policymakers are trying to disentangle whether a slowdown in monthly job gains reflects fewer people entering the country and seeking jobs or, instead, a drop in demand for workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

“There's this thing that we all have called personal subjective consciousness, and that becomes hard to disentangle from the concept of self.”

From Salon • May 26, 2025

“I thought this belonged to that bloke Perkins at the Ministry?” he asked, starting to disentangle the tent pegs.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling