DISSOCIATING Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

dissociating

verb

present participle of dissociate

as in separating

to set or force apart attempts to dissociate herself from her troubled past

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Recent Examples of dissociating There was crying, complaining, dissociating and even laughing on those couches. — Wendy C. Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026

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Video from the area showed large groups of migrants entering Ceuta through the Tarajal border area, with many arriving by swimming around coastal barriers separating Morocco from Spanish territory.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
Since separating, the two have remained amicable co-parents, often praising one another in interviews.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 31 July 2026

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The bill would create a federal rulebook for issuing, trading and holding digital assets, dividing oversight between the SEC and CFTC, Bambysheva writes.

— Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Mathon downsized that proposal, and in late June asked to rezone just 98 acres for multifamily development, while dividing the rest of the acreage — much of it with wetlands — between traditional housing and industrial park zones.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026

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The rulings wiped out the dreams of thousands of Italian descendants who had been hoping to achieve citizenship, derailing life plans and splitting families apart.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
This will be a preview of what sort of Republicans are winning in this seats drawn away from Democrats; Tennessee Republicans will test that on their new map two days later, after splitting up the city of Memphis.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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The next afternoon, in Central Park, a 15-year-old boy named Shavod Jones shot McDonald three times, severing his spinal cord and paralyzing him from the neck down.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 31 July 2026
The ongoing housing crisis, characterized by soaring rents and unattainable mortgages, is profoundly disrupting communities, forcing displacement and severing crucial relationships.

— Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

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