unwinding

Example Sentences

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Also, renewed yen strength following Japan’s intervention could tighten financial conditions globally via carry-trade unwinding, a development that could further support defensive assets such as gold,” the head of Commodity Strategy adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

A successful lawsuit would force the unwinding of the empire, and threaten the plan for Lee Jae-yong to take over.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

A short squeeze that had sent shares of Avis skyrocketing is unwinding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Congress can accelerate the process of unwinding quantitative easing by establishing a “QE resolution fund,” capitalized and chartered as an independent agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

He was walking slowly, holding a sort of wheel in his hands—a spool from which he was unwinding a long string behind him.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor