as in to divide
to set or force apart
attempts to dissociate herself from her troubled past
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Recent Examples of dissociate
These behaviors have become dissociated from the gonads.
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Donna L. Maney, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
Delle, as Lisa, spent so much time dissociating while her therapist watched and tried to help.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
In some people, there can be multiple triggers, particularly if there is an underlying propensity to dissociate.
—Christina Caron, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
To stop dissociating through fiction.
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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Donna L. Maney, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
Delle, as Lisa, spent so much time dissociating while her therapist watched and tried to help.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
In some people, there can be multiple triggers, particularly if there is an underlying propensity to dissociate.
—Christina Caron, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
To stop dissociating through fiction.
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissociate
Verb
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Model parallelism divides the neural network itself across hardware.—
Jitender Jain,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Americans were also divided over what their separation means for the country, according to the survey, which has a margin of error of 2.1 percentage points.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
Verb
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Airlines also often try to separate business travelers from leisure travelers, because business travelers are typically less price sensitive.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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There was gold but also plenty of garbage, with little time to separate the two.—
Son Nguyen,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
Verb
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Long connected off Brooklyn’s Carl Erskine at Forbes Field. 1968 — The American League announced the league will be split into two divisions.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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Thompson said much of Leavy’s oversight will be split among other senior executives.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
28 May 2025
Verb
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If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 May 2025
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If time permits, disconnect utilities and appliances.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
28 May 2025
Verb
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Piani, who also wrote the screenplay, includes moments of the scribe at work — that is to say procrastinating, ruminating and occasionally disassociating from the terror of the blank page.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2025
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For further protection, after six months, your request history is disassociated from the random identifier, Apple says.—
Kate O'Flaherty,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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The Vatican has been working for years to try to improve relations with China that were officially severed more than seven decades ago when the Communists came to power.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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The Vatican has been working for years to try to improve relations with China that were officially severed over seven decades ago when the Communists came to power.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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“Dissociate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissociate. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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