tease out
verb
teased out; teasing out; teases out
1
: to obtain by or as if by disentangling or freeing with a pointed instrument
2
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This study didn’t tease out differences in acne development between women of different ages—future studies will have to investigate that.
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Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 10 Apr. 2025
New experiments to detect quantum disturbances in special materials could tease out this parallel world.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2025
In recent media appearances on Fox News, Bondi has teased out the pending release of documents in the Justice Department's holdings related to its investigation of Epstein, who died by suicide in August 2019 while awaiting trial.
—James Hill, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
And even for browsers, the best of these correspondences help tease out themes.
—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 10 Apr. 2025
New experiments to detect quantum disturbances in special materials could tease out this parallel world.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2025
In recent media appearances on Fox News, Bondi has teased out the pending release of documents in the Justice Department's holdings related to its investigation of Epstein, who died by suicide in August 2019 while awaiting trial.
—James Hill, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
And even for browsers, the best of these correspondences help tease out themes.
—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Tease out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tease%20out. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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