decoupled

past tense of decouple

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Recent Examples of decoupled In addition, most states have decoupled the ability of pharmacists to administer the shots from federal guidelines and are instead often relying on the recommendations of medical groups, such as those releasing guidance now. Rob Stein, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026 The mindset recalibration that used to accompany the first mortgage and the first kid now arrives on its own schedule, decoupled from the milestones that used to produce it automatically. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026 To date, almost all states have maintained their previous mandates or otherwise decoupled their policies from the federal recommendations. Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 What gets lost in the chip-count debate is that training and inference are decoupled. Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 The key innovation is that these components can be decoupled from one another. Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 28 June 2026 The main advantage here is the driver's physical action is decoupled from the wheels, so there's more precise control in the way braking pressure is applied, and the driver gets more consistent feedback. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 6 May 2026 In the last 40 years, tuition has more than tripled, far outpacing inflation and completely decoupled from student outcomes. Michael Carbonara, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026 Islands are decoupled from each other, and synchronizing knowledge between them happens once in a while. IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decoupled
Verb
  • The large-scale protests might have signaled to Beijing that the Hong Kong public was becoming more politically divided and that Tung was losing control.
    Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Like the public writ large, the House of Representatives and the Senate are divided so deeply that Americans don’t have confidence in their ability to make hard choices.
    Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Picture show The bridge-building nonprofit Fika is connecting communities in Rwanda separated by rivers and gorges.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Iron minerals are separated from waste based on their magnetic properties.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This isn’t too difficult given how deep Chelsea’s midfielders are and how disconnected the first line of their press has become.
    Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • When practical, keep at least one backup disconnected from your computer or otherwise isolated from routine activity.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Guy Miller / Honolulu Civil Beat via AP Gentry Cruz, who manages the property that the storm split in half, was resigned while surveying the extent of the destruction.
    Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
  • After an intense trial, two separate juries — one for each brother — were split over the charges.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Decoupled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decoupled. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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