as in separating
to set or force apart
uncoupled the two railroad cars
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Kinks are critical in determining where a material deforms, appearing in situations such as metals bending permanently or DNA strands separating.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026 -
The hard part is separating the rare earths from the rock, and then from each other.—
Jon Wertheim,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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How to make sense of the damage to Iran's cultural legacy is dividing Iranians.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2026
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Soon, there could be military boots on the ground crossing into the Islamic Republic of Iran from this terrain of fertile valleys, deep gorges and ancient Mesopotamian trade routes perched below the mountainous border dividing Iraq and Iran.—
Younes Mohammad,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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Consider both carefully, then, before getting started, and explore the pros and cons of splitting your funds between both to best determine your next step.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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The map’s boundaries slice through Kansas City, splitting the city’s voters into three Republican-leaning districts in the hopes of pushing Cleaver out of office.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
24 Mar. 2026
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The emails ask the user to take some kind of action, such as disconnecting or locking their vault.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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House Bill 1002 offers multiple solutions, including automatically placing residential ratepayers on budget billing and prohibiting utilities from disconnecting low-income customers’ services during periods with extreme heat warnings.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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Prediction markets and trading algorithms then lean on the outputs of those models, further decoupling their bets from any underlying investment in truth.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
9 Mar. 2026
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The company expects to continue decoupling revenue growth from emissions, aiming to reduce its carbon footprint even as sales expand.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
19 Feb. 2026
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In response to howls of protest, the commission has agreed to a 180-day moratorium on severing the ties with PBS.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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Beyond the energy shocks, Birol said the war is severing ties to some of the vital arteries of the global economy by disrupting other critical supply chains.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Uncoupling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncoupling. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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