- present participle of unfold.
unfolding
Example Sentences
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These processes can occur simultaneously and feed back into one another rather than unfolding as a simple sequence.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
And grassroots campaigns are also unfolding, as community leaders recruit voters to defend their local elections, including online.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Another crisis is unfolding underground, threatening the very foundations of buildings.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Yet the bigger squeeze in energy markets is unfolding further downstream in the world’s refineries, where crude is converted into the fuels that power the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
To understand why things are unfolding in a certain way.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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