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unwind

[uhn-wahynd] / ʌnˈwaɪnd /




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It also promises to unwind one of America’s healthcare behemoths and potentially shake up where and how patients get their medicines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

After a tour around the country, what could be more relaxing than my colleagues’ suggestions about how to unwind this evening?

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

Still, there have been instances in which decisions by independent arbitrators contributed to a municipality’s economic challenges, and elected officials were unable to unwind the rulings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Like many others, Katie and Amy love reading books as a way to unwind from the stresses and pressures of every day life.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

‘That’s no good,” he said, and he began to unwind her hopeful work with angry fingers.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Piker’s mother unwinds on a recliner in the living room, watching her son’s stream on a wall-filling television, when El-Sayed’s race is certified.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

Once the company is floated, the SPV mechanically unwinds its position in the market.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Ultimately, when a risk event occurs, dispersion unwinds and correlations between stocks and the index rise rapidly.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

A senior administration official Sunday detailed a three-part framework in which Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz and disposes of its enriched uranium while the U.S. unwinds its blockade in Iranian ports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

The rest of the afternoon unwinds in slow motion.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

Stock-picking funds unwound their positions last month at the highest rate in over a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Yields began to climb anew in the summer of 2023, as traders unwound recession bets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Before the conflict, markets were pricing in interest-rate cuts, which have since unwound, but they said the Fed could turn more dovish on signs of inflation clearly moving lower in the months ahead.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

South Korean stocks suffered one of their steepest plunges on Wednesday, with the blood-letting that has battered chip firms over the past month deepening as nervous investors unwound their bets on the AI boom.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

I unwound the old sheet from around my middle, and me and Lloyd climbed the ladder to the bell tower like two squirrels up a shellbark hickory.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

October marked the largest active unwinding of positions at stock-picking hedge funds in over a decade, according to a Morgan Stanley client note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Last month saw the highest rate of stock-picking funds unwinding positions in over a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Despite these dynamics, GM reported third-quarter profits of $3.3 billion, more than double last year's level, which was marred by one-time costs connected to unwinding electric vehicle investments.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

They also see Europe as a potential diversifier in global portfolios in the event of the AI trade unwinding further, as regions less exposed to the theme could provide some protection.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

During reproduction, the helices separate, assisted by a special unwinding protein, each synthesizing an identical copy of the other from nucleotide building blocks floating about nearby in the viscous liquid of the cell nucleus.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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