decouple
verb
de·cou·ple
(ˌ)dē-ˈkə-pəl 
decoupled; decoupling; decouples
: to eliminate the interrelationship of : separate
Synonyms
Examples of decouple in a Sentence
to have a fruitful discussion, we need to decouple fact from opinion
Recent Examples on the Web
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.
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Justin Worland, TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
The single-speed transmission allows the e-motors to be decoupled from the wheels to enable energy-saving coasting, or lift-off deceleration roughly equivalent to that of an ICE car with an automatic transmission.
—Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2024
According to Cummings, the alignment between the goals of Vote Leave and Johnson’s ambitions as Prime Minister decoupled in January, 2020, just a few weeks after the election.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
So Meta now lets people decouple Facebook and Instagram accounts, and Google does the same for YouTube, Search, and its many other services.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
Enceladus does so because its icy crust is decoupled from its more sluggish underlying ocean.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
And to dispel any questions about GOP interest in decoupling the two issues, Lankford emphasized to reporters there remains no viable path for Congress to pass Ukraine aid without changes in border policy.
—USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
Unlike a professional military’s operations, Hamas’s drone operations were decoupled from a broader plan.
—Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 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, 20 Feb. 2024
Justin Worland, TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
The single-speed transmission allows the e-motors to be decoupled from the wheels to enable energy-saving coasting, or lift-off deceleration roughly equivalent to that of an ICE car with an automatic transmission.
—Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2024
According to Cummings, the alignment between the goals of Vote Leave and Johnson’s ambitions as Prime Minister decoupled in January, 2020, just a few weeks after the election.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
So Meta now lets people decouple Facebook and Instagram accounts, and Google does the same for YouTube, Search, and its many other services.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
Enceladus does so because its icy crust is decoupled from its more sluggish underlying ocean.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
And to dispel any questions about GOP interest in decoupling the two issues, Lankford emphasized to reporters there remains no viable path for Congress to pass Ukraine aid without changes in border policy.
—USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
Unlike a professional military’s operations, Hamas’s drone operations were decoupled from a broader plan.
—Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 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, 20 Feb. 2024
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“Decouple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decouple. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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