as in separates
to set or force apart
uncoupled the two railroad cars
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncouples
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What separates toxic ambition, for you, from the simple act of wanting something and trying to get it?—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
6 Jan. 2026 -
The design will retain the outdoor sculpture garden, but the garden would include a new free-to-all arts education center and reading room, and the tall steel fencing that now separates the garden from the public along El Prado and near the Old Globe theater campus would be removed.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
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Food apartheid in Metcalfe Park Census data show how sharply the food access crisis divides Milwaukee.—
April Quevedo,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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What divides him from Burton is that Hopkins, by a miracle, summoned the clarity to renounce his own destruction.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Further encouraging campers to stay outdoors, the Walkabout splits those two entry doors with an outdoor cooking station.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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Continuing on, the RichTok creator addressed how the couple splits their finances.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Alberta’s original Nordic spa disconnects bathers from technology while connecting them to the great outdoors.—
Lisa Kadane,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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Might be the same WiFi issue, but CarPlay constantly disconnects and music often times has micro skips.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
23 Sep. 2025
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Then make a 45-degree cut from the bed towards the first cut to form a trench that severs the root system of the nearby grass.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
28 Sep. 2025
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However, this balance is unexpectedly shattered when a sudden rupture severs those connections, scattering their remnant powers across the land in the form of Anima.—
David Jagneaux,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Uncouples.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncouples. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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