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Recent Examples of disaffiliate
Phi Delta Theta, the fraternity now disaffiliating with KU, was suspended after multiple hazing incidents were reported through university channels.
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Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
24 Aug. 2025
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.
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Dara Delgado,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2024
The policy allowing churches to disaffiliate, often called Paragraph 2553, received approval in 2019 and expired in 2023.
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Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
1 May 2024
The median worship attendance for disaffiliating churches and all United Methodist churches was 38, the report states.
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Liam Adams,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2024
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Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
24 Aug. 2025
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
The policy allowing churches to disaffiliate, often called Paragraph 2553, received approval in 2019 and expired in 2023.
—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
1 May 2024
The median worship attendance for disaffiliating churches and all United Methodist churches was 38, the report states.
—
Liam Adams,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2024
See All Example Sentences for disaffiliate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disaffiliate
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The moves toughen the environment in Brazil for giants like Google, Meta and TikTok, who have long tried to dissociate themselves with crimes online committed by users.
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This tadpole-like object is a clump of denser nebulosity that hasn't been completely photo-dissociated by the Trifid's radiation field yet.
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After nearly 20 years together, the couple divorced in 1997.
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Her book is divorced from reality, disparaging and riddled with false claims.
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Where heat domes are hitting hardest in 2026 This summer’s extreme heat is not isolated to one region.
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First isolated in the 1940s by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, plutonium has been widely used to build nuclear arsenals by multiple countries.
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The listening sessions, however, are not an opportunity for parents and community members to voice their displeasure with district leadership about specific decisions or to resolve issues on the spot.
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Oakland Unified officials said a $30 million spending reduction in recent months resolved the schools’ operating deficit and has even produced nearly $8 million in breathing room, though longer-term costs still outpace revenues through the end of the decade.
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Yet days after the work was completed, photographs and videos of floating chunks of a cerulean material that appears to have detached from the pool’s walls have gone viral.
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Today, people amass unmanageable debt simply to keep faith with a story that feels increasingly detached from their reality.
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Before installation begins, contractors should evaluate the subfloor and, when necessary, install an uncoupling membrane to absorb movement and help prevent cracking.
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According to a 2008 study published in Plant Physiology, two distinct mitochondrial energy-dissipating systems are co-expressed in the skunk cabbage’s florets: alternative oxidase and uncoupling protein (UCP).
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If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.
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Hobbs disconnected the state's voter database from the site and sent a quick reaction team to help fix whatever gap the foreign users had slipped through.
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The researchers used a single high radiation dose, whereas human treatments are usually fractionated – that is, given in smaller doses over time.
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Dent corn is fractionated into its various elements (starch, protein/germ, oil and moisture).
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“Disaffiliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaffiliate. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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