disaffiliate

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Recent Examples of disaffiliate 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 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 The vote came during the denomination’s first General Conference in several years, and after a quarter of Methodist congregations in the United States disaffiliated, including hundreds in North Carolina alone. Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for disaffiliate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disaffiliate
Verb
  • These behaviors have become dissociated from the gonads.
    Donna L. Maney, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The Ratliff family is on the brink of financial ruin as Jason Isaacs’ patriarch Timothy holds out from telling his wife or children and instead gulps down Victoria’s (Parker Posey) lorazepam to dissociate from reality.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Joanne Whalley, whom Kilmer later married and had two children with before divorcing in 1996, costarred in the film, as well as Kevin Pollak and the late Billy Barty.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 22 May 2025
  • Conflicts of interest can include situations like the reviewer having been the student of an applicant, the applicant and reviewer being divorced, or the proposal coming from the reviewer’s current institution.
    Kelly S. Mix, The Conversation, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • He is isolated in Sweden — far away from coaching candidates, far away from Penguins assistant GM Jason Spezza — left to find his next coach on a schedule six hours ahead of Eastern Time.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • Extreme anxiety and extreme depression is isolating.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Verb
  • Increasingly, all of this data can be collected and resolved within a client’s organization (or in combination with partners) to facilitate greater control while opening up new opportunities in co-marketing and personalization, Camoosa says.
    Acxiom Contributor, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • The primary issue for those users is security, and this has now been resolved for Microsoft 365 apps.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Verb
  • This expands the air cavity, the space of air created in the water by the jump; then the cavity collapses, detaching itself from the body.
    Daehyun Choi, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
  • Those attachments detached after the shuttle reached a predetermined altitude.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • While uncoupling from the RSN gave the Rangers control of their media destiny, the split from the parent company formerly known as Diamond Sports Group does not come without a cost.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 15 Jan. 2025
  • This season’s expansion of the College Football Playoff from four teams to 12 and Ohio State’s place in the Big Ten, one of the sport’s two most powerful conferences, have afforded more leeway for losses and uncoupled the stakes of beating Michigan from the larger pursuit of a national title.
    Andrew Greif, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Divided Society Finally, the uneven distribution of access to and benefits from humanoid technology could divide society even further.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
  • These changes, called genetic mutations, cause bone marrow cells to grow and divide too quickly.11 Experts don’t fully understand why these genetic mutations happen.
    Health, Health, 24 May 2025
Verb
  • If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 16 May 2025
  • This ensures the event is as impactful and memorable as possible, rather than disconnected from the rest of your organization’s work.
    Dr. Kyle Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025

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“Disaffiliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaffiliate. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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