decouple
verb
de·cou·ple
(ˌ)dē-ˈkə-pəl 
decoupled; decoupling; decouples
: to eliminate the interrelationship of : separate
Examples of decouple in a Sentence
to have a fruitful discussion, we need to decouple fact from opinion
Recent Examples on the Web
While Disney would still rather people pay for cable, Iger finally decided the company needed to decouple ESPN from cable a few years ago.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
And so states have generally decoupled from the bonus depreciation.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
And Back-End Planning One of the semiconductor industry’s greatest challenges is decoupling the long lead times of wafer fabrication (6-8 weeks) from the shorter cycles of back-end packaging (1-2 weeks).
—Umesh Kumar Sharma, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
In 1996, they were decoupled, and the $2.13 federal subminimum wage has been locked in place ever since.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
And so states have generally decoupled from the bonus depreciation.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
And Back-End Planning One of the semiconductor industry’s greatest challenges is decoupling the long lead times of wafer fabrication (6-8 weeks) from the shorter cycles of back-end packaging (1-2 weeks).
—Umesh Kumar Sharma, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
In 1996, they were decoupled, and the $2.13 federal subminimum wage has been locked in place ever since.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
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 28 Aug. 2025.
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