as in divides
to set or force apart
attempts to dissociate herself from her troubled past
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Over four seasons, FX's The Bear has been one of the best TV shows ever to explore how food connects us and divides us, featuring tremendous performances and surprising twists.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
27 May 2026 -
The prospect of more drilling divides some Alaskans.—
Jennifer A. Dlouhy,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
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At the back of the property, a wrought-iron fence separates the yard from the creek that gives Winding Creek Road its name.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2026
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Sigalet separates his clients into two categories.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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Jen Murphy is an award-winning journalist who splits her time between Colorado and Maui.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Albert Berdellans, who leads AI at Inveniam, the firm behind the NVNM Chain, splits the market in two.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Once the plane is in position, TaxiBot disconnects and the aircraft proceeds with takeoff as normal.—
David Szondy
June 07,
New Atlas,
7 June 2026
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The problem was eventually solved by adding a small isolation switch that disconnects the system whenever new code is uploaded.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
22 May 2026
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Gathered around the couch, in a spacious living room soundtracked by hushed jazz piano, her little sister disassociates with headphones while her pops casually chats to her stepmother; observing from a wheelchair is her 94-year-old great-grandmother.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
30 Oct. 2025
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Not in a sto’ no mo’ The end of physical gift cards effectively severs Valve’s last link to the old brick-and-mortar retail world that Steam so effectively killed across the PC gaming landscape.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
10 June 2026
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The door literally severs the connection between the water being and the team.—
Jenny Odell,
Longreads,
2 June 2026
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“Dissociates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissociates. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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