as in separating
to set or force apart
to have a fruitful discussion, we need to decouple fact from opinion
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Recent Examples of decoupling
In the 1970s, once President Richard Nixon ended Bretton Woods by decoupling the dollar from gold, that privilege was revived in oil and debt, requiring every country on Earth to accumulate dollars simply to buy oil, and then reinvest those dollars back into American debt.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
The company expects to continue decoupling revenue growth from emissions, aiming to reduce its carbon footprint even as sales expand.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 19 Feb. 2026
The United States had more luck decoupling from China, with American imports of Chinese goods plummeting by nearly 32 percent to $202 billion in 2025.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
Now, decoupling supply chains are driving manufacturing growth in the West once more, electric vehicles and home heat pumps need to be plugged in, and the makers of AI’s large language models have ever-increasing power needs.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
More and more, state lawmakers are decoupling vaccine rules from the federal recommendations, with about half of states going their own way, Kates said.
—Isabella Cueto, STAT, 29 Jan. 2026
But decoupling from the United States would not be easy, fast or cheap.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Many legislatures are likely to pick and choose, keeping politically popular provisions like tax breaks for tips, while decoupling from business provisions like full bonus depreciation.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
By decoupling measurement from synchronization, MASI opens a new domain where software, not glass, defines what optical systems can see, according to findings published in Nature Communications.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
The company expects to continue decoupling revenue growth from emissions, aiming to reduce its carbon footprint even as sales expand.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 19 Feb. 2026
The United States had more luck decoupling from China, with American imports of Chinese goods plummeting by nearly 32 percent to $202 billion in 2025.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
Now, decoupling supply chains are driving manufacturing growth in the West once more, electric vehicles and home heat pumps need to be plugged in, and the makers of AI’s large language models have ever-increasing power needs.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
More and more, state lawmakers are decoupling vaccine rules from the federal recommendations, with about half of states going their own way, Kates said.
—Isabella Cueto, STAT, 29 Jan. 2026
But decoupling from the United States would not be easy, fast or cheap.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Many legislatures are likely to pick and choose, keeping politically popular provisions like tax breaks for tips, while decoupling from business provisions like full bonus depreciation.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
By decoupling measurement from synchronization, MASI opens a new domain where software, not glass, defines what optical systems can see, according to findings published in Nature Communications.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decoupling
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Some omelets are made lighter by separating the yolks and whites, beating up the latter, and folding in the former.—
Jeffrey Steingarten,
Vogue,
5 Apr. 2026
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Adept at separating the unseen from the seen, Lemann here chronicles his family’s accumulation of wealth, whatever the moral costs or compromises, and their subsequent acculturation and partial deracination.—
Brenda Wineapple,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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The first, a, is obtained by dividing the year number by 19 and calculating the remainder.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
4 Apr. 2026
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This was due to the fact that there were so many credible Democrats dividing the 65% to 70% of voters who at least lean left.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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There’s a shaded patio out there that just begs for long, slow lunch or brunch visits, or splitting a rib-eye steak Diane at night.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2026
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The pair were arguing when the passenger punched the victim in the face, splitting his lip, cops said.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The moratorium, passed on an emergency basis and in a divided vote, would prevent Pepco from disconnecting customers’ electricity for nonpayment of bills totaling less than $1,000.—
Meagan Flynn,
Washington Post,
31 Mar. 2026
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The emails ask the user to take some kind of action, such as disconnecting or locking their vault.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Decoupling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decoupling. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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