as in to liberate
to set free from entanglement or difficulty
sought to disengage myself from the embarrassing situation
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Recent Examples of disengage
Those who are quiet cracking aren’t consciously reducing effort à la quiet quitters, but are disengaged internally.
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The Hill, 9 May 2025
When a teen entrepreneur faces team members who aren't meeting deadlines for their custom sticker business, or when a teacher deals with students who seem disengaged during group projects, ChatGPT might suggest:
Directive approach: Implement stricter deadlines with clear consequences.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
At times last season, Cardoso appeared to disengage entirely from the game in front of her.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
Trump appears to have disengaged from this particular conflict, which Netanyahu seems to have taken as a green light to flatten and occupy the entire Strip.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
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The Hill, 9 May 2025
When a teen entrepreneur faces team members who aren't meeting deadlines for their custom sticker business, or when a teacher deals with students who seem disengaged during group projects, ChatGPT might suggest:
Directive approach: Implement stricter deadlines with clear consequences.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
At times last season, Cardoso appeared to disengage entirely from the game in front of her.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
Trump appears to have disengaged from this particular conflict, which Netanyahu seems to have taken as a green light to flatten and occupy the entire Strip.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for disengage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disengage
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Their freedom came more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln liberated slaves in the Confederacy by signing the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.—
Ani Freedman,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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Two-and-a-half years after Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, the enslaved people of Texas learned — via the victorious Union Army — that they were liberated.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025
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Short of the savings being placed in a much bigger coffee can, government spending cuts born of efficiency, headcount reduction, mandate reduction, or all three would have just freed up money for Congress to spend in new ways.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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Philip Andrew Douglass, 42, was freed on bond after an initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge David Keesler.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
21 June 2025
Verb
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The trooper extricated himself from the cruiser, and drivers were pulling over to help him.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
5 June 2025
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Emergency personnel extricated the man from the vehicle, and he was pronounced dead.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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Sabalenka, one of the favorites to lift the Wimbledon title this year, had saved four match points in a tiebreak to escape 2022 champion Elena Rybakina the previous day, one of them coming via a fortunate net cord.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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Goodson, the homeowner in Maine, was able to save big money with his engineering background and penchant for DIY.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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Last Verified On June 22, 2025 Information Confirmed By Newsweek All of these offers are easy to redeem with the Fanatics Sportsbook promo offer.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 June 2025
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Scooter's Coffee offers BOGO deal on Father's Day Scooter's Coffee customers can redeem a buy one, get one drink offer on Sunday, June 15 in the Scooter's Coffee mobile app.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
15 June 2025
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Set in Venice, the film follows a black cat named Nero who befriends a street musician and struggles to disentangle himself from the feline mob.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
13 June 2025
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Such actions may well have suppressed both trade and foreign direct investment, although the declines in both are difficult to disentangle from the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
ALLISON CARNEGIE,
Foreign Affairs,
14 May 2025
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For every container of fireworks arriving at a U.S. port, importers must pay the tariff upfront, before customs even thinks about releasing the goods.—
Richard Howells,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Lyons was released from Tottenham’s youth system at age 16 and fell into depression before dying by suicide 10 years later.—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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For one prospective graduate student, an admission to Harvard’s Graduate School of Education had rescued her educational dreams.—
Sara Braun,
Fortune,
21 June 2025
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The people rescued have included families, veterans and college students.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2025
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“Disengage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disengage. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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