- present participle of unwind.
unwinding
Example Sentences
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Friday’s news out of China effectively forced a rapid unwinding of crowded tech positions beyond just chip stocks, said Mark Hackett, chief market strategist for Nationwide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
When the act was passed, the Vietnam War was unwinding, and Richard Nixon’s presidency was collapsing in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
At the time, Greenspan told MarketWatch that the biggest challenge facing the central bank was unwinding its enormous postcrisis balance sheet while causing minimal collateral damage to financial markets.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Gold’s decline stems from surging inflation, a tech stock rally, and the unwinding of the “debasement trade” by investors.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Age isn’t stealing from my grandmother; it’s slowly unwinding her.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
