as in to separate
to set or force apart
uncoupled the two railroad cars
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Recent Examples of uncouple
After the Space Shuttle Explorer is struck by debris, she's flung into space on the shuttle's arm, forced to uncouple herself or face being pulled even further into the void.
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Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
5 Feb. 2026
As things stand, Senate GOP leadership doesn’t plan to uncouple the DHS bill from the other five government funding bills, which have wide support.
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Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
Nigo has mostly favored coed shows during the men’s calendar in Paris since 2022, but had recently uncoupled them to give womenswear a bigger spotlight.
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Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
18 Dec. 2025
In exchange for some $200 million per season, NBC and Peacock will assume dominion over the Sunday Night Baseball package from which ESPN uncoupled itself in February.
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
5 Feb. 2026
As things stand, Senate GOP leadership doesn’t plan to uncouple the DHS bill from the other five government funding bills, which have wide support.
—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
Nigo has mostly favored coed shows during the men’s calendar in Paris since 2022, but had recently uncoupled them to give womenswear a bigger spotlight.
—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
18 Dec. 2025
In exchange for some $200 million per season, NBC and Peacock will assume dominion over the Sunday Night Baseball package from which ESPN uncoupled itself in February.
—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncouple
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By 58% to 42%, those surveyed said Americans were mostly separated by different values, not bound by shared ones.
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De la Espriella strikes reassuring tone With only a few hundred thousand votes separating the two candidates, De la Espriella used his victory speech to try to calm his critics.
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Looking along party lines, Republicans are closely divided on AI, as 38% expect a positive impact on the economy and 40% expecting a negative impact.
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Tens of thousands of North Koreans have fled to South Korea since the peninsula was divided by war in the 1950s.
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While facing some of the premier beach volleyball players in the nation, the duo has split their last four matches.
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The last jackpot win came May 2, when two tickets split $20 million, a relatively small prize that reset the game’s steady climb.
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If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.
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Hobbs disconnected the state's voter database from the site and sent a quick reaction team to help fix whatever gap the foreign users had slipped through.
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The industry is moving toward a model where detection and analysis are decoupled from the hardware, and where the choice between on-prem and cloud stops being a choice.
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Canada is diversifying its partnerships but not decoupling.
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Cutting insurance coverage would sever market access for the shadow fleet.
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The Courant has reported some colonists were not exactly thrilled by the notion of severing ties with England and that true believers in independence probably initially were in the minority, as with all revolutions.
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“Uncouple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncouple. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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