unzip
Example Sentences
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Scientists have long suggested tectonic plates could unzip like this.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 9, 2024
But when Arabidopsis seedlings sense they're under attack, special enzymes called RNA helicases are produced that unzip the hairpins so the ribosomes can pass through and continue scanning along the mRNA molecule.
From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023
Truly, it was criminal how my mother’s purse strings would not unzip.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023
When I finally get home and unzip my suitcase, I inhale a cloud of cardamom.
From Salon • Dec. 11, 2022
I unzip the dress and step out of it, draping it over the hook on the wall.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
