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
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The women’s orchestra, separated from their fellow inmates in a special block, was required by their Nazi overseers to play jaunty marches every morning and evening so that other female prisoners kept in step as they were sent to work outside the camp.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Tamsui River is a major waterway and estuary in northern Taiwan that flows into the Taiwan Strait, the channel separating Taiwan from mainland China.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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In fact, a quick review of the central bank’s dot plot underscores just how divided the Fed Governors are on the question of whether to cut interest rates (and by how much) over the next 12 months.—
Paul Weinstein Jr,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The procession is escorted by 80 soldiers from the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, divided into four units and carrying the regimental flags of the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals.—
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Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Anderson classification system for turf toe is split into three grades.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Plans also call for remodeling the existing southern section into 3,700 square feet of additional commercial space, split evenly between two storefronts.—
Adrienne Davis,
jsonline.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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If time allows, disconnect utilities and appliances.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Sep. 2025
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The announcement did not specify when the business would shutter, but when The Denver Post called on Friday morning, the number had already been disconnected.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
12 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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One month before a worker severed part of his finger at a food packaging plant owned by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, federal regulators ordered the company to make sure equipment couldn't turn on unexpectedly and injure employees, records show.—
Mary Spicuzza,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Magrath testified that this very bullet severed the great artery leading from Berardelli’s heart – testimony that would help seal Sacco’s fate, eventually sending both defendants to the electric chair.—
Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Decouple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decouple. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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