disaffiliate

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Recent Examples of disaffiliate In 1914, for example, the white founders of the Assemblies of God, USA decided to disaffiliate from the predominantly Black Church of God in Christ. Dara Delgado, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024 In Arkansas, roughly onethird of all United Methodist congregations have either disaffiliated or disbanded in the past five years. Frank E. Lockwood, arkansasonline.com, 29 June 2024 Some pointed out there are other ways that congregations and entire conferences can still disaffiliate — noting that the General Conference last week approved the departure of some churches in the former Soviet Union — though others say this is overly burdensome. Peter Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2024 Before taking up the last regionalization petition, delegates approved a new policy that allows churches that disaffiliated from the UMC to rejoin the denomination. Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 1 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for disaffiliate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disaffiliate
Verb
  • But they are often dissociated from their emotions, struggling with indecision, or living in a constant state of low-level overwhelm.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Our book, The Price of Our Values: The Economic Limits of Moral Life argues that our moral decisions cannot be dissociated from economic considerations.
    HEC Paris Insights, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • The couple had two daughters, Sarina Marie and Hallie Rae Volman, before divorcing.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • And by 1996, the couple had divorced and, four years later, Siegel died.
    Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The drop in attendance in California's Central Valley schools is not isolated.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The National Weather Service in Nashville said the region is at a slight risk, a two on the five-step scale, for damaging winds, isolated large hail, heavy rains, frequent lightning and a possible tornado.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In videos of performances since the incident, McRae appears to have resolved the issue by wearing heels with straps.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That transfer from Al Nassr did not go through on deadline day, and Athletic are still trying to resolve that situation.
    Colin Millar, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, by 1999, both glaciers retreated and the northern tongue of the Alsek Glacier detached from a narrow island, exposing the glacier's terminus to more calving, Pelto noted.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of destroying the molecules (which is what most people thought would happen), the beam caused the hydrogens to detach and the carbons to link up, thereby slowly building up a diamond lattice.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
  • If time allows, disconnect utilities and appliances.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Dent corn is fractionated into its various elements (starch, protein/germ, oil and moisture).
    WWD, WWD, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The initial wave fractionated into smaller 25-foot waves, which reverberated across the fjord for over a week.
    Carly Miller, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024

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“Disaffiliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaffiliate. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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