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as in separated
to set or force apart
disjoined the two drinking glasses, which were stuck together, only with the greatest difficulty
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Recent Examples of disjoined
Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
The Lions haven't looked this disjoined offensively since Week 1, the last time they were held to fewer than 30 points.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disjoined
Adjective
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European markets fell after a divided Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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It’s supported by a broad coalition of industry leaders, environmentalists, chefs, fishermen and scientists—in a time that feels so divided, this is an awesome example of people coming together.—
Amanda Leland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Upon landing, the men separated and tried to flee but most were captured that same day.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Others abused alcohol and drugs, were separated and divorced, or acted out violently.—
Arianna Huffington,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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What frustrated her most was that the issue refused to stay resolved.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
30 Dec. 2025
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Since then, attorneys and judges have overseen multiple lenient plea deals and case dismissals, while local prosecutors reviewed hundreds of active and resolved cases that Tran investigated.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As Werenski noted after the game, they get disconnected in games like these.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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Parents who are disconnected from the labor market may not spend additional income in the same ways — or to the same effect — as working parents.—
Sarah A. Font,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
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Arsenal’s first half in the 4-1 home win against Aston Villa a week ago — when the visitors continuously broke through the middle of the pitch — was the perfect example of what happens when their partnership is split up, in this case by Rice’s knee injury.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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In the aftermath, Venezuelan society became further split between the wealthy, who wanted to work with the US, and the working class, who sought autonomy from the US.—
James Trapani,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Battlefield injuries, like severed limbs, are likewise rewarded with sums that most soldiers could not earn in regular jobs.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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Professor Orloff is a severed head that floats in a jar.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Instead of crimps, Paxton's honey blonde locks were styled in romantic waves and with parted curtain bangs.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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The audience watched quietly until Matthew McConaughey, sporting a parted blond bowl cut and ferrying students to some end-of-year fun, delivered a signature bit of dialogue.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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To prevent releasing any asbestos, whole sections of the old pipe are uncoupled from their connections without cutting.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Democrats and liberal pundits in particular have seen expressions of thoughts and prayers, particularly coming from the GOP and prominent commentators on the right, as an empty gesture when uncoupled with specific actions on gun control to prevent mass shootings.—
Dominick Mastrangelo,
The Hill,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Disjoined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disjoined. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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