UNSWATHING Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

unswathing

verb

present participle of unswathe

as in stripping

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Airbnb guests can say goodbye to checkout chores like washing dishes, stripping beds and taking out the trash under a new policy announced this week.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
While also giving value for money with the large size and affordable price tag, the formula gives hair a fuller appearance and cleanses without stripping.

— Ellie Davis, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026

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Many around Washington thought that after baring her soul, on the record and on tape, Wiles would be toast.

— Chris Whipple, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026
Nearby, Pitch Perfect co-stars Brittany Snow and Anna Kendrick, who set the internet abuzz posing on the red carpet together hours earlier, strolled into the party side by side, both switching into leg-baring dresses.

— Kelsey Stewart, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2026

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According to Queen, the last time the water dropped this low, exposing part of Old Highway 6, was in the 1980s.

— Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
The disruption hit systems used for payments, money transfers, deliveries, property searches, and remote court hearings, exposing how a failure in one cloud region can ripple across much of the digital economy.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

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unswathes

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