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Recent Examples of decouple What matters is how much of your value can be decoupled—and whether your clients still believe the output has strategic meaning when the human is removed. London Business School, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 By decoupling dehumidification from active cooling, the approach reduces energy needs compared with conventional dehumidification. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025 Another major advantage comes from decoupling the bed from the dining bench and lounge. New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025 The motor and its digital controller are decoupled from the chassis and tonearm, ensuring minimal mechanical—or audible—interference during playback. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for decouple
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decouple
Verb
  • The game at Paycom Center was a tight affair, with very little to separate the two teams.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But during their kiss, police swooped in to clear the crowd and wound up separating McSweeney from her kissing partner.
    Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Senate Republicans are trying to divide Democrats on Thursday with a vote that would pay government workers deemed essential who are working without pay during the shutdown.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In the trailer, Whitney drops the bomb that she is set to start her own MomTok, as the group continues to be divided.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The teams split the first two games in Toronto.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Earlier surveys reflected similar divisions, underscoring a community sharply split over his candidacy.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Failing to install the device, or disconnecting or tampering with it, could result in a $600 fine or six months in jail.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Google earlier this month offloaded the key career resource program for supporting women in tech and severed its integration within the company.
    Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Teens can’t follow or be followed by accounts that repeatedly share inappropriate material, and any existing connections will be severed, blocking comments, messages and visibility in feeds.
    Larry Magid, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Decouple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decouple. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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