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to set or force apart
the company tried to disassociate itself from the rest of the industry, which is widely viewed as corrupt
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Recent Examples of disassociated
Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 16 Jan. 2026
Linda is so disassociated from her body and herself.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Linda is so disassociated from the experience that’s happening to her.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
Montalvo Peña’s audition gets across in just a few minutes Aje’s distinctive blend of perk, pluck and pastel-pink girlishness spiked with a generous dollop of disassociated delusionality.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
That’s all gotten very disenfranchised or disassociated because of the spreading out and now technology interfering with that sense of community.
—Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Tom Tapp, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
Can the bewitching kindness be disassociated from the defining unkindness at the heart of Southern history, visible in the portraits of Confederates in the lobby of the Lafayette Hotel?
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The drugged murderers are disassociated in every sense.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
These are ongoing and continuing obligations which, if the member did not meet them, the member could be disassociated from the Subject LLCs and thus lose the right to distributions.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
In southern Gaza, the Abu Shabab militia is widely reviled, and Abu Shabab’s own family has disassociated itself from him and called for his death.
—Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Celebrities who have disassociated themselves from the Kennedy Center this year include Rhiannon Giddens, Issa Rae, Renee Fleming, Shonda Rhimes and Ben Folds.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
The sentencing came after 10 people, including Smith's wife and father, read their statements addressing Jones, who would shift from listening intently to looking down and appearing disassociated.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 16 Jan. 2026
Linda is so disassociated from her body and herself.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Linda is so disassociated from the experience that’s happening to her.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
Montalvo Peña’s audition gets across in just a few minutes Aje’s distinctive blend of perk, pluck and pastel-pink girlishness spiked with a generous dollop of disassociated delusionality.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
That’s all gotten very disenfranchised or disassociated because of the spreading out and now technology interfering with that sense of community.
—Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
As a result, the Universal Zulu Nation disassociated itself from its founder.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
Can the bewitching kindness be disassociated from the defining unkindness at the heart of Southern history, visible in the portraits of Confederates in the lobby of the Lafayette Hotel?
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The drugged murderers are disassociated in every sense.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
These are ongoing and continuing obligations which, if the member did not meet them, the member could be disassociated from the Subject LLCs and thus lose the right to distributions.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
In southern Gaza, the Abu Shabab militia is widely reviled, and Abu Shabab’s own family has disassociated itself from him and called for his death.
—Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Celebrities who have disassociated themselves from the Kennedy Center this year include Rhiannon Giddens, Issa Rae, Renee Fleming, Shonda Rhimes and Ben Folds.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disassociated
Adjective
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Parents report that many children stop eating, lose weight and become withdrawn.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
6 Feb. 2026
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Along the way, Babilonia matured from the shy withdrawn child who refused to hold a boy’s hand into a bold, strong and confident woman.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Iran’s political spectrum has long been divided, with its leaders clashing over state policies and varying approaches to the West.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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All risked treason for backing a cause that deeply divided the colonists and even divided Benjamin Franklin from his son.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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The primary hazards will be hail, damaging winds and heavy rain that may result in isolated flash flooding, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 May 2026
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With the rise of hybrid work and the looming pressures of AI, employees are feeling more isolated and stressed than ever.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
Verb
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The neighborhood/area Amankora's lodges sit across five of Bhutan's most iconic valleys, carved into the eastern Himalayas and separated by high mountain passes.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2026
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Data from Flightradar24 cited by ABC7 shows the planes were separated by about 475 feet vertically as their paths crossed.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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Brook and many others have turned to Robert Webb and Mark Ware, two retired firefighters who also fought cancer and workers' comp.—
Ginger Allen,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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Brian Eckenrode, a retired FBI forensic scientist and expert in human decomposition, joined them in 2021.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
Verb
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Bellingham looked sluggish and disconnected from his team-mates for most of the game.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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But more than anything, Bolles is authentic in a world that is disconnected by social media and polarized by politics.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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The first edition of Semafor Intelligence draws on the full record of Semafor World Economy 2026, finding that global leaders see an economy defined by chokepoints — with the US relatively insulated today, but exposed to compounding vulnerabilities that markets may not yet fully price in.—
Rachel Keidan,
semafor.com,
7 May 2026
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College sports has historically been slightly more insulated than others, but deals like this may change that in the coming years.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
7 May 2026
Verb
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Critics have argued the skyway makes the challenge of filling empty storefronts doubly difficult, as second-floor retail effectively splits a dwindling customer and retail base between two levels.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
10 May 2026
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By Mark O’Connell The conservative media commentator split with the administration over the war in Iran.—
Susan Dominus Dina Litovsky Mark O’Connell Lulu Garcia-Navarro Amy X. Wang Nitsuh Abebe Linda Kinstler Lisa Sanders, M.D. Kwame Anthony Appiah John Hodgman,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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“Disassociated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disassociated. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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