disengaging 1 of 2

present participle of disengage

disengaging

2 of 2

noun

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Recent Examples of disengaging
Noun
Those could show up as working too much, playing too many video games, shutting down, disengaging from their partners. CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025 Beware of when disengaging or limiting interactions is necessary for your own safety and well-being. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025 Bluesky users also appreciated the moderation on the platform and having the ability to block or mute people as a means of disengaging from more aggressive, unpleasant conversations. Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025 But disengaging from social media isn’t really an option, either, especially in an era when college athletes earn money by treating themselves like a brand—a right referred to as NIL (name, image, likeness). Frankie De La Cretaz, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025 Avoiding is unassertive and uncooperative, where an individual tends to give up on their own needs and acquiesce to the desires of others by disengaging from the situation altogether. Ellen Choi, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 And that is the sense that supporters are not just selling their match tickets, but are emotionally disengaging from this particular campaign. Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disengaging
Verb
  • The prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas began Monday, with Hamas releasing the final 20 living hostages in exchange for Israel freeing 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
    Morgan Phillips, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Israel responded by freeing over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners, prompting emotional scenes in Ramallah and Gaza.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But liberating humans from work would also mean liberating them from their paychecks.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Blazy’s new silhouette for the house achieved exactly that by anchoring the form at the hips, liberating the upper body and waist, while enabling the skirts to emphasize the length of the leg and the amplitude of each step.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Jackson’s position was quickly filled by acclaimed composer Darin Atwater, but that tenure proved to be very brief — with Atwater and Monterey Jazz parting ways after just one festival (2024).
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • And this led to the program parting ways with Pittman on Sunday in the middle of his sixth season at Arkansas.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Experts at Sweetbriar said the effort was not just about saving one insect but also about raising awareness.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Making guardedness and affable self-deprecation part of her identity, Keaton was known for wearing turtlenecks, gloves, and hats that kept her largely covered up, saving emotional vulnerability for her performances.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2025

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