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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
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Police said witness accounts indicate that the couple arrived at Zuri Hotel in Zanzibar on April 4 and had been quarreling frequently until the night of April 8, when hotel management separated them and asked McCann to move to a separate villa about a 10-minute walk away.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Both justices attended Yale Law School, separated by 11 years.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The split top deters people from dropping in a full bag of household garbage.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
16 Apr. 2026
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So the interior has all kinds of cabinet space, including a shoe cupboard on the floor, a pair of overhead cabinets with drop-down doors that double as worktops, and a tall wardrobe in back with a split door that opens around the rear passenger seat back.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In Budapest ahead of the vote, people were divided on whether Orbán’s long political rule could really come to an end.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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Dining on one popular cruise ship is getting a comfort-food shakeup — and passengers are divided over the change.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 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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Emergency services have disconnected electricity and natural gas in the area for safety.—
Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
18 Apr. 2026
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In 1991, the event led to dozens of arrests, a stabbing and a drowning and it was officially disconnected from SSU as a school event.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Who is Hollywood’s most divorced man?—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
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The couple divorced after his arrest and his family's detention.—
Suzanne Gamboa,
NBC news,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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
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One of the central pillars of the American dream is becoming increasingly decoupled from the other key rites of adulthood.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 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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What frustrated her most was that the issue refused to stay resolved.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Uncoupled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncoupled. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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