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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unblock.

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Examples

  • Acupuncture therapy unblocks the qi flow, strengthens or weakens the qi (think opening and closing the garden spigot) and directs it to areas of need.

    Arthur Rosenfeld: Should You Try Acupuncture? 2010

  • I find that seriously unblocks everything, from character creation and development to building a whole story.

    Special Fiction Writing Week: Creating a Setting 2009

  • The thread waiting for a tick only unblocks if the current time is equal to the time its waiting for, otherwise it stays blocked.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Jack Cough 2009

  • When time 1 is reached, the thread unblocks, and attempts to acquire the write lock.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Jack Cough 2009

  • The thread waiting for a tick only unblocks if the current time is equal to the time its waiting for, otherwise it stays blocked.

    Testing Multi Threaded Scala Code Jack Cough 2009

  • By far the most beneficial treatment is the detoxification of heavy metals, which unblocks the metabolic and biochemical traffic jams that create problems.

    The UltraMind Solution M.D. Mark Hyman 2009

  • When time 1 is reached, the thread unblocks, and attempts to acquire the write lock.

    Testing Multi Threaded Scala Code Jack Cough 2009

  • Fortunately, my school district does not block too many applications at the high school level and usually unblocks items that are blocked if a teacher puts in a request.

    Banned Websites are Today's Version of Yesterday's Banned Books Mr. Byrne 2008

  • Fortunately, my school district does not block too many applications at the high school level and usually unblocks items that are blocked if a teacher puts in a request.

    Archive 2008-04-09 Mr. Byrne 2008

  • This unblocks the DNA, allowing the gene to be copied into RNA, and produce the enzyme that can digest lactose.

    Lactose Helps Explain Evolution Steve Carper 2006

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