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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disaffiliate
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Some studies suggest people may seek out social media to dissociate—mindlessly scrolling purely to give their brain a break.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
24 Mar. 2026
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Galaxies will dissociate due to gravitational interactions, ejecting all masses and leaving only supermassive black holes behind.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Feb. 2026
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The pair later divorced, but remarried until Malloy died in 1976.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2026
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In terms of the other remaining survivors, Jules and Nell have been spared, despite their plans to divorce, presumably because Jules has come to believe that his wife is his true soulmate.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Inspectors found that a detainee showing symptoms of TB was not isolated, posing a potential risk to others.—
Laura Romero,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Mel is adrift after getting fired from her job as a therapist and isolated from her friend group due to Coop and Sam’s (Olivia Munn) affair.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2026
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Each lawsuit was a settlement, meaning the city did not lose a lawsuit but instead chose to pay the plaintiff to end litigation and resolve the disputes out of court.—
Chevall Pryce,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Apr. 2026
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Attempts to resolve ecological responsibility through strict localism often risk sliding into cultural provincialism or nationalist enclosure—fantasies of purity that ignore how deeply entangled our lives already are.—
Manuela Moscoso,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Then the drones detach from their charging mechanism and take off.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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According to the notice, the metal bristles can easily detach during use and could, therefore, become embedded in food and accidentally swallowed, potentially causing serious internal injuries.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
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After the Space Shuttle Explorer is struck by debris, she's flung into space on the shuttle's arm, forced to uncouple herself or face being pulled even further into the void.—
Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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As things stand, Senate GOP leadership doesn’t plan to uncouple the DHS bill from the other five government funding bills, which have wide support.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
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As a millennial Jewish woman who supports progressive candidates, this attitude feels stale and disconnected from the current political moment.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Besides causing building foundations to crack and roadways to heave, the expansion and contraction can cause pipes to disconnect, and the pipe couplings that an Atmos predecessor installed are not resistant to pulling out, the board found.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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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.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Oct. 2025
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Dent corn is fractionated into its various elements (starch, protein/germ, oil and moisture).—
WWD,
WWD,
16 Oct. 2024
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“Disaffiliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaffiliate. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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