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
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Now, decoupling supply chains are driving manufacturing growth in the West once more, electric vehicles and home heat pumps need to be plugged in, and the makers of AI’s large language models have ever-increasing power needs.
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
In this way, Kirk sought to decouple criticism of Israeli policy from anti-Semitic conspiracism, and to contain conflicts over Jews and their state within the conservative tent, rather than allow those arguments to collapse it.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
More and more, state lawmakers are decoupling vaccine rules from the federal recommendations, with about half of states going their own way, Kates said.
—Isabella Cueto, STAT, 29 Jan. 2026
More than half of the decline is attributed to the Amazon decoupling, alongside deliberate actions to remove less profitable e-commerce volumes for its network, Dykes said.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 Jan. 2026
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
In this way, Kirk sought to decouple criticism of Israeli policy from anti-Semitic conspiracism, and to contain conflicts over Jews and their state within the conservative tent, rather than allow those arguments to collapse it.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
More and more, state lawmakers are decoupling vaccine rules from the federal recommendations, with about half of states going their own way, Kates said.
—Isabella Cueto, STAT, 29 Jan. 2026
More than half of the decline is attributed to the Amazon decoupling, alongside deliberate actions to remove less profitable e-commerce volumes for its network, Dykes said.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Decouple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decouple. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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