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
  • The case involved a New York official who allegedly threatened enforcement actions against regulated entities that refused to dissociate from the pro-gun advocacy group.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
  • These operating agreements provided that if a member of the LLCs filed or was forced into bankruptcy, then the bankrupt member would be immediately dissociated from the LLC and no longer will receive distributions.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • My parents got divorced at 8, so that lasted a short period of time.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • They got hitched in 1963, divorced in 1974, married again in 1975, divorced again in 1976.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Passengers who’d fallen ill on the Serenade of the Seas were isolated, disembarking separately upon arrival.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Shortly after Henry’s death, Augusta suffered two paralyzing strokes, intensifying her and Ed’s isolated, co-dependent relationship before her death in 1945.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As in Milwaukee, the callers will impersonate a sheriff deputy and indicate a legal matter needs to be resolved through payment.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Upset about being undercut, the Texas bigwig resolves to put Georgie out of business.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Public frustration over austerity measures and a government seen as detached from everyday realities has only deepened.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Tesla has issued at least eight recalls for the vehicle, including a recall in March affecting every single Cybertruck ever delivered through February 2025—some 46,000-plus vehicles—due to adhesive failure causing body panels to detach.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In exchange for some $200 million per season, NBC and Peacock will assume dominion over the Sunday Night Baseball package from which ESPN uncoupled itself in February.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • If time permits, disconnect utilities and appliances.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2025
  • If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 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 7 Oct. 2025.

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