decouple
verb
de·cou·ple
(ˌ)dē-ˈkə-pəl 
decoupled; decoupling; decouples
: to eliminate the interrelationship of : separate
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Examples of decouple in a Sentence
to have a fruitful discussion, we need to decouple fact from opinion
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Even today, semiconductor technology has decisive significance in the security and economic relations between the United States and China and is the focus of the United States’ decoupling/derisking policy.
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Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
The interesting thing about decoupling is how partnership can still exist.
—Sophie Yun Mancini, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Mar. 2024
As a result, memories that surface during REM sleep are divorced from those responses, Walker and others say, decoupling them from their emotional charge.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
The fact that carbon emissions can be durably decoupled from economic growth is real-world proof that the green transition underway can endure without crushing the economy.
—Justin Worland, TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
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Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
The interesting thing about decoupling is how partnership can still exist.
—Sophie Yun Mancini, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Mar. 2024
As a result, memories that surface during REM sleep are divorced from those responses, Walker and others say, decoupling them from their emotional charge.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
The fact that carbon emissions can be durably decoupled from economic growth is real-world proof that the green transition underway can endure without crushing the economy.
—Justin Worland, TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
See all Example Sentences for decouple
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“Decouple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decouple. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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