uncoupled 1 of 2

past tense of uncouple

uncoupled

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of uncoupled
Verb
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 Trainer Bob Baffert’s uncoupled of Philippa and Neko finished third and fourth, respectively. Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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
  • To complete the family meditation, Ben Stiller puts his own children, Ella (23) and Quinlin (20), on camera, as well as his wife, Christine Taylor, from whom he was separated for several years (the two reconciled during the pandemic).
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • With the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns all struggling to start the year, the Steelers have separated themselves from the rest of the AFC North.
    Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Scholars are perpetually divided.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The situation is a potential turnaround from just six months ago, when Democrats and their allies were divided and despondent.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The saddle features a split seat, the back half of which can be used as a fold-up backrest or additional room for a passenger.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Outside linebacker Nik Bonitto was in on two split sacks to increase his season total to eight.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Shows with the inside/outside format with discovery of hidden gardens in Paris, or outside Paris, made a special environment, disconnected from the city to discover the next summer collection.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But in July, Urban abruptly disconnected from a radio interview in Australia after being asked a question about Kidman's love scenes with Zac Efron in her film A Family Affair.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Battlefield injuries, like severed limbs, are likewise rewarded with sums that most soldiers could not earn in regular jobs.
    Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Professor Orloff is a severed head that floats in a jar.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Overall, the study shows how age and age-related disease can become decoupled.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
  • What matters is how much of your value can be decoupled—and whether your clients still believe the output has strategic meaning when the human is removed.
    London Business School, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In Something's Gotta Give, Keaton starred as Erica Barry, a divorced writer who reconnects and finds love with a fellow professional later in life.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Roberts plays an unhappy American in Venice who is wooed by depressed, divorced, and done-with-love Allen in a variety of vaguely dishonest ways.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Since then, attorneys and judges have overseen multiple lenient plea deals and case dismissals, while local prosecutors reviewed hundreds of active and resolved cases that Tran investigated.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Uncoupled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncoupled. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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