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
But in recent months, anxiety has mounted in Beijing that Lai intends to systematically decouple Taiwan from China.
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Bonny Lin, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2025
Shortly before the House committee took up the issue Tuesday, the Senate Agriculture, Environment and General Government Appropriations Committee postponed consideration of a decoupling bill (SB 408).
—News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2025
China is, if necessary, ready to decouple from the United States.
—Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
Actionable Insight: Instead of overhauling legacy systems, decouple the components necessary for real-time, day-to-day operations and innovate specifically on those.
—Elodie Bouneau, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Bonny Lin, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2025
Shortly before the House committee took up the issue Tuesday, the Senate Agriculture, Environment and General Government Appropriations Committee postponed consideration of a decoupling bill (SB 408).
—News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2025
China is, if necessary, ready to decouple from the United States.
—Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
Actionable Insight: Instead of overhauling legacy systems, decouple the components necessary for real-time, day-to-day operations and innovate specifically on those.
—Elodie Bouneau, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decouple
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In a game where the Angels and Nationals combined for 24 runs and 30 hits — with the 19 hits and 15 runs given up by the Angels’ pitching staff representing season-worst marks — what ultimately separated the teams was the Angels’ inability to come through with runners on base.—
Benjamin Royer,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Jun-ho shoots the glass separating the VIPs’ watch tower from the game arena, getting In-ho’s attention.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Using a bench scraper, divide dough into 6 equal portions.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2025
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The internet is divided over a recent marketing gimmick involving Sydney Sweeney, who, in collaboration with the men's personal care company Dr. Squatch, authorized the creation and sale of bars of soap containing, among other things, her bathwater.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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That allowed Igor Jesus to put Botafogo in front to stay shortly before the intermission, splitting a pair of PSG defenders to run on to Jefferson Savarino’s perfectly weighted through ball, then beating keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma from the top of the box.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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Breaking Down The Pillars Microservices The core principle of microservices involves splitting a monolithic application into multiple independent services.—
Raju Dandigam,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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If time allows, disconnect utilities and appliances.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
21 June 2025
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As highlighted in the report, empathetic managers reduce uncertainty stress by 37% and disconnect by nearly 50%.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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In fact, a creative study led by a neuroscientist, Susanne Becker, uses insights from none other than Ivan Pavlov to show the possibility of uncoupling the sensation of pain from the experience of pain.—
Peter Ubel,
Forbes.com,
10 June 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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Citing national security concerns, Congress passed the law last year with bipartisan support that gave ByteDance until Jan. 19 to fully sever ties with TikTok or be cut off from U.S. app stores and web-hosting services.—
June 17,
CBS News,
17 June 2025
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The shrinking financial support coincides with many companies severing ties with LGBTQ+ celebrations for Pride this year and President Trump’s efforts to squash DEI programs throughout the federal government.—
Nadia Lathan,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2025
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“Decouple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decouple. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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