disjoining

present participle of disjoin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disjoining
Verb
  • Discussions have been held about dividing Madrid’s football operations from their business operations and letting speculators invest in the latter — although how (or if) that would work in practice is a moot point.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Needless to say, its overload of ideas — all rooted in reality, and true to the moment — did not land to universal praise, dividing audiences in the way that big, experimental films often tend to on the Riviera.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Trudeau went through a public split of his own in 2023, separating from estranged wife Sophie Gregoire.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
  • By separating, the two new entities should trade at multiples closer to their industry peers, and their combined values should be worth more than what DuPont currently trades at, which was around $76 per share on Monday for a market capitalization of about $32 billion.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While all this is going on, the rest of the gang is splitting up to find Marie and warn her about Annabeth’s nightmare-premonition of her bloodied, motionless body.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
  • After calling it quits with Reggie Bush — the pair first broke up in 2009 due to busy schedules, then got back together briefly before splitting for good in 2010 — Kim was very single.
    Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some destinations lend themselves particularly well to disconnecting.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
  • For 48 hours, the Taliban appeared to turn back the clock in Afghanistan with a directive to cut off the internet and phone networks, disconnecting millions of people from the world outside.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Disjoining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disjoining. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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