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to set or force apart
uncoupled the two railroad cars
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Recent Examples of uncoupled
Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
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
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
Miles Socha, Footwear News, 18 Dec. 2025
In exchange for some $200 million per season, NBC and Peacock will assume dominion over the Sunday Night Baseball package from which ESPN uncoupled itself in February.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
An absurdist black comedy that satirizes our culture's discomfort around uncoupled people, The Lobster asks what would happen if singles were given 45 days to find a mate, or be transformed into the animal of their choice.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
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
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
Verb
Nigo has mostly favored coed shows during the men’s calendar in Paris since 2022, but had recently uncoupled them to give womenswear a bigger spotlight.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 18 Dec. 2025
In exchange for some $200 million per season, NBC and Peacock will assume dominion over the Sunday Night Baseball package from which ESPN uncoupled itself in February.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncoupled
Verb
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The neighborhood/area Amankora's lodges sit across five of Bhutan's most iconic valleys, carved into the eastern Himalayas and separated by high mountain passes.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2026
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Data from Flightradar24 cited by ABC7 shows the planes were separated by about 475 feet vertically as their paths crossed.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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All of Google’s products have been getting more AI features, including Chrome, which now offers split-screen Gemini chatbot support, the ability to automate web browsing, and more.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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Voters over 50 are virtually split, with 40% supporting Markey and 38% supporting Moulton.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Iran’s political spectrum has long been divided, with its leaders clashing over state policies and varying approaches to the West.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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All risked treason for backing a cause that deeply divided the colonists and even divided Benjamin Franklin from his son.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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According to the full plot description on Amazon, our protagonists have more to worry about than just severed fingers.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
19 Mar. 2026
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The inciting incident for the new story comes after the principal of the high school receives a severed human finger in the mail, sending the parents into an uproar.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Bellingham looked sluggish and disconnected from his team-mates for most of the game.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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But more than anything, Bolles is authentic in a world that is disconnected by social media and polarized by politics.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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Shields' mother Teri and father Frank were married briefly but divorced months after Shields was born; Frank welcomed three more kids with his second wife, as well as step-parented her two elder children as well.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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Sometimes your boyfriend breaks up with you to be with an older divorced mom and that's a good thing.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Others are dark modes, which are completely decoupled.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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In the last 40 years, tuition has more than tripled, far outpacing inflation and completely decoupled from student outcomes.—
Michael Carbonara,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Lebanon’s fragile sovereignty The lack of resolved borders and Israel’s periodic incursions into southern Lebanon have predictably meant that Lebanon has struggled to assert sovereignty over its own territory.—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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One quick concluding note: Like Bad Sisters, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast has what feels to me like a pretty resolved (and effective) ending, especially given the amount of time Saoirse spends in the finale talking about the difficulties of writing endings for TV.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Uncoupled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncoupled. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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