as in detaching
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as in freeing
to set free from entanglement or difficulty
sought to disengage myself from the embarrassing situation
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Recent Examples of disengaging
Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
Then their subject starts to flirt with the idea of disengaging and moving to a like-minded nudist community, even relocating for a few days to test the new setup out.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Emotional fatigue builds and high performers start rationing effort or quietly disengaging.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Altogether, there is a complex system of legal support in place that has been shown to be very effective at preventing activists from disengaging after experiences of state repression.
—Heidi Reynolds-Stenson, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2026
The team was so committed to this, in fact, that one member was stranded at a western Pennsylvania rest stop while the others completed a 90-minute detour just to circle back around and pick him up without disengaging FSD.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 22 Jan. 2026
This indicates that sustained remote presence can help prevent students from disengaging entirely from school.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
According to Zabel, Rob and Michele Reiner sought additional support rather than disengaging.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2025
Advertisement ‘Boy friendly’ solutions There are many reasons why boys are disengaging from education, but this one—male status anxiety in the face of direct competition and possible loss to girls—is grossly underestimated.
—Soraya Chemaly, Time, 24 Nov. 2025
Verb
Since then, the two countries have taken several steps to normalize relations, including restarting flights and disengaging troops along the border.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
Then their subject starts to flirt with the idea of disengaging and moving to a like-minded nudist community, even relocating for a few days to test the new setup out.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Emotional fatigue builds and high performers start rationing effort or quietly disengaging.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Altogether, there is a complex system of legal support in place that has been shown to be very effective at preventing activists from disengaging after experiences of state repression.
—Heidi Reynolds-Stenson, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2026
The team was so committed to this, in fact, that one member was stranded at a western Pennsylvania rest stop while the others completed a 90-minute detour just to circle back around and pick him up without disengaging FSD.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 22 Jan. 2026
This indicates that sustained remote presence can help prevent students from disengaging entirely from school.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
According to Zabel, Rob and Michele Reiner sought additional support rather than disengaging.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2025
Advertisement ‘Boy friendly’ solutions There are many reasons why boys are disengaging from education, but this one—male status anxiety in the face of direct competition and possible loss to girls—is grossly underestimated.
—Soraya Chemaly, Time, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disengaging
Noun
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There have been at least 38 reports of and reviews mentioning the bristle detaching from the brushes, Weber said, and four reports of people who swallowed the metal bristles and sough medical treatment to remove them from their throat or digestive tract.—
CBS Chicago Team,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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An issue with a solid rocket booster motor detaching during launch on the second flight, though, delayed that certification until March 2025.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Not as punishment, but to better know our playing grounds and appreciate the big and small things—like freeing wads of vegetation from an undercarriage—that turn a field into a stage.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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In Xbox Mode, the standard Windows UI doesn’t load at all, freeing up additional memory and other system resources for games.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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Made in response to a difficult breakup, the work alludes to two lovers parting ways, but also to Pau’s memories of isolation as a severely asthmatic child in a notoriously polluted city, lying in bed staring at the wall and inventing stories to distract herself from the difficulty of breathing.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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The philanthropist even gives Runway a juicy tidbit of breaking news as a parting gift.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces eventually pushed the Russians out, liberating the site in early April 2022.—
Benjamin Mack-Jackson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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That audience members, by virtue of access to a camera, keyboard, and the Internet, can capture, compile, edit, frame, and package an event as news without any regard to journalistic ethics is liberating and constraining at the same time.—
Shepherd Mpofu,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Fort Worth Fire Department was called to the scene to help with extricating four people from the vehicle, according to the statement.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2026
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The alternating timelines force the writers to do a lot of strained connection-building that, around midseason, ceases to be effective; the makers of Scarpetta were very smart about joining the murders narratively, but much less smart about extricating themselves creatively.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Lifetime habits of saving and cautious spending are hard to break.—
Terry Savage,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Skipping payments is not an unintentional consequence of saving for debt settlement, though.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Disengaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disengaging. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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