disaffiliating

present participle of disaffiliate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disaffiliating
Verb
  • In that film, Dern played lawyer Nora Fanshaw, who fights for Scarlett Johansson’s Nicole, who is divorcing her husband, Charlie, played by Adam Driver.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The union lasted just eight months, with the pair divorcing in 1951.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Now dividing her time between New York and Santiago, she is known for works responding to the Indigenous culture of Chile and to the economic, political, environmental, and gender disparities that arise within societies.
    News Desk, Artforum, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Specifically, Lecornu demands all issues currently dividing the National Assembly into three factions be brought to parliamentary debate.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The tide could be a foot higher than the point where major flooding begins that can produce severe damage to homes and businesses, making some roads impassable and isolating neighborhoods.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
  • For decades, unflattering stereotypes of gamers as lethargic young men engaging in an isolating hobby have persevered in popular culture.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For 48 hours, the Taliban appeared to turn back the clock in Afghanistan with a directive to cut off the internet and phone networks, disconnecting millions of people from the world outside.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • For Allen, this legal tool disproportionately undermines Black communities, eroding generational wealth and disconnecting families from their neighborhoods.
    Essence, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Tensions boiled over in public view on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as the government shutdown stretched into its eighth day with no apparent movement toward resolving the impasse.
    Lauren Peller, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Google was amazing at resolving it.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Emptying the dust cup was simple thanks to clear arrow indicators, although detaching it from the wand first added a small inconvenience.
    Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • That means hanging out with old friends less, making more of an effort to meet new ones, letting go of some old hobbies to explore new ones, detaching from my hometown and maybe even getting a new job.
    Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Starting safety Drew Mukuba moved to a full-time role against the Denver Broncos after initially splitting time with Sydney Brown in base packages.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The team pointed out that the new device integrates organic semiconductors with enzymes from sulphate-reducing bacteria, splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen or converting carbon dioxide into formate.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Disaffiliating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaffiliating. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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