as in divided
to set or force apart
to have a fruitful discussion, we need to decouple fact from opinion
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Recent Examples of decoupled
Overall, the study shows how age and age-related disease can become decoupled.
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Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
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
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
These layers are decoupled from one another in modular tech stacks, meaning different projects can specialize in different layers based on their area of expertise, enhancing the overall performance of the network.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025
Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
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
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
These layers are decoupled from one another in modular tech stacks, meaning different projects can specialize in different layers based on their area of expertise, enhancing the overall performance of the network.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decoupled
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Scholars are perpetually divided.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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The situation is a potential turnaround from just six months ago, when Democrats and their allies were divided and despondent.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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To complete the family meditation, Ben Stiller puts his own children, Ella (23) and Quinlin (20), on camera, as well as his wife, Christine Taylor, from whom he was separated for several years (the two reconciled during the pandemic).—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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With the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns all struggling to start the year, the Steelers have separated themselves from the rest of the AFC North.—
Mark Kern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Shows with the inside/outside format with discovery of hidden gardens in Paris, or outside Paris, made a special environment, disconnected from the city to discover the next summer collection.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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But in July, Urban abruptly disconnected from a radio interview in Australia after being asked a question about Kidman's love scenes with Zac Efron in her film A Family Affair.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Oct. 2025
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In a rare example of agency for a beneficiary community, 21 emerging Indigenous leaders recently crafted selection criteria, evaluated applicants and picked two dozen finalists to split a pool of $720,000.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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The dying relative, Mitch explained, was willing to take the fall for Scott’s killing; then someone else would turn him in, claim the reward money, and split it with them.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Decoupled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decoupled. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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