disentangle

Example Sentences

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For one, multiple biological and psychological factors through which poverty and adversity affect brain development are hard to disentangle.

From Scientific American

She says it’s also difficult to disentangle the effect of the wildfires from the influence of a separate unexplained trend that has been nudging the tropical Pacific toward La Nina conditions since the 1970s.

From Science Magazine

But for many people, it is difficult to disentangle the royal family from British identity.

From New York Times

In a region where as many as 80 percent of White voters support Republicans and about 90 percent of Black voters support Democrats, it is often difficult to disentangle issues of partisanship and race.

From Washington Post

Instead, Super Heavy and Starship were unable to disentangle themselves.

From Scientific American