disengaging 1 of 2

present participle of disengage

disengaging

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noun

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Recent Examples of disengaging
Noun
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 Pereira will have to work on disengaging during those sequences and perhaps being a bit more offensive in those situations. Brian Mazique, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025 With 40% of leaders contemplating resignation due to burnout, top talent is either stepping down or disengaging, leaving organizations vulnerable to performance decline and talent gaps. Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 Understanding The Dormant Customer Mix Dormant customers are not all the same; each group has reasons for disengaging with the brand. Pratik Bhadra, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 On one side, employees are disengaging without leaving—doing just enough to meet expectations but withholding full commitment. Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 4 Jan. 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 And who can blame fans for disengaging when the Blackhawks are doing so very little to engage them? Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disengaging
Verb
  • Netanyahu regularly cites freeing the hostages as a top priority.
    Alex Marquardt, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
  • To Johnson, forcing himself to trust his ability is freeing.
    Elise Devlin, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The actress, who starred in the original 1997 slasher and its 1998 sequel, says that both movies came with a parting gift from the Fisherman (Muse Watson), the hook-wielding killer who hunts down the film's unlucky group of teens.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 17 June 2025
  • As a parting gift, the goody bag was a pouch of M&Ms with a bat stamped on each, a celebration of The Bronx Zoo’s new World of Darkness exhibit featuring 25 nocturnal species.
    Bettina Zilkha, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025

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