unfurl
verb
un·furl
ˌən-ˈfər(-ə)l 
unfurled; unfurling; unfurls
: to release from a furled state
: to open out from or as if from a furled state : unfold
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Examples of unfurl in a Sentence
after the protestors had unfurled their banner, it stretched from one side of the visitors' gallery to the other
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The five-year-old start-up, which reached unicorn status and a $2 billion valuation in 2022, will unfurl a selection of 15 food and lifestyle brands as well as its digital solutions, geared toward connecting brands and independent retailers, in a 4,500-square-foot space.
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Lily Templeton, WWD, 4 July 2024
Located in rural Massachusetts, the market unfurls each year across miles of empty fields for six days at a time in May, July and September.
—Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 29 June 2024
This week used to be nail-biting time in Hollywood as the studios nervously unfurled their summer blockbusters and prayed for lines at the box office.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 27 June 2024
On October 13, 2022, more than two years into China’s totalizing COVID lockdowns, a man wearing a yellow helmet stood on the Sitong Bridge, an expressway overpass in downtown Beijing, and unfurled two oversized white banners.
—Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 11 June 2024
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Lily Templeton, WWD, 4 July 2024
Located in rural Massachusetts, the market unfurls each year across miles of empty fields for six days at a time in May, July and September.
—Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 29 June 2024
This week used to be nail-biting time in Hollywood as the studios nervously unfurled their summer blockbusters and prayed for lines at the box office.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 27 June 2024
On October 13, 2022, more than two years into China’s totalizing COVID lockdowns, a man wearing a yellow helmet stood on the Sitong Bridge, an expressway overpass in downtown Beijing, and unfurled two oversized white banners.
—Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 11 June 2024
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“Unfurl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfurl. Accessed 14 Jul. 2024.
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unfurl
verb
un·furl
ˌən-ˈfər(-ə)l
: to loose from a furled state : open or spread : unfold
unfurl sails
unfurl a flag
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