as in to separate
to set or force apart
to have a fruitful discussion, we need to decouple fact from opinion
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Recent Examples of decouple
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
Septimus Knox, director, disputes and investigations at S-RM told Newsweek the deal is more about securing future supplies rather than decoupling the EU from Russian energy, which has been a Brussels objective since the start of the war.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 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
That measure, Initiative 119, would undo the provision in the Expenditure Adjustment Act that decoupled from the new federal exemption for overtime pay.
—Patrick Gleason, Denver Post, 25 July 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
Septimus Knox, director, disputes and investigations at S-RM told Newsweek the deal is more about securing future supplies rather than decoupling the EU from Russian energy, which has been a Brussels objective since the start of the war.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 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
That measure, Initiative 119, would undo the provision in the Expenditure Adjustment Act that decoupled from the new federal exemption for overtime pay.
—Patrick Gleason, Denver Post, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decouple
Verb
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With more devices brought into Michigan classrooms in recent years, educators have found ways to separate students from their phones during class time.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Formed from a $46 billion merger, the food company is expected to separate in the second half of 2026.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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But if your peonies are flowering less over time or nearby plants are encroaching on their growing space, dividing them in fall is one simple solution.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Sep. 2025
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Every Democrat in the chamber supported the legislation while Republicans were evenly divided.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Others view it as a brazen attempt to split up Kansas City’s minority voters.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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That resulted in a hung parliament split between the National Rally, the left-wing New Popular Front, and Macron’s Renaissance bloc.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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If time allows, disconnect utilities and appliances.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Sep. 2025
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To enable the correction independently of the switching cycles of the movement, a clutch uncouples the hour ring from the jumping numerals mechanism with every actuation of the pusher.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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The Live cohost and longtime spouses — who first married 29 years ago after meeting on the set of All My Children — discussed the potential impact of them breaking up after Ripa introduced a talking point about uncoupling on Thursday morning's show.—
Joey Nolfi Published,
EW.com,
29 May 2025
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Cali thought the connection had been severed.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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Overreliance on technology threatens to sever the pipeline that develops future experts, leaving critical gaps in both skills and perspective.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Decouple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decouple. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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