as in to separate
to set or force apart
unlinked the railroad cars
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Recent Examples of unlink
Other shifts may occur this time, including policies that unlink health care from a person’s employer—which is how the majority of Americans receive health care—as formal employment becomes more uncertain.
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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
And if your savings account comes with an ATM card as some do, make sure to unlink it.
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Andreina Rodriguez,
CNBC,
19 Dec. 2025
If this is not done by you, please go to your Apple ID or use 'Find My' App to remove the device from your account to unlink it.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
The phishing attacks are specifically designed to gather data that grants access to physical mobile devices, enabling criminals to acquire users’ credentials and local device passwords to unlock devices or unlink them from their owners.
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Dan Goodin,
Ars Technica,
19 Sep. 2024
For example, users can soon unlink Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Marketplace, and even Facebook games.
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Josh Hendrickson,
PCMAG,
22 Jan. 2024
In each of them, look for an option to delete your information, log out of your accounts and unlink your vehicle.
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Kurt Knutsson,
Fox News,
18 Nov. 2023
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
And if your savings account comes with an ATM card as some do, make sure to unlink it.
—
Andreina Rodriguez,
CNBC,
19 Dec. 2025
If this is not done by you, please go to your Apple ID or use 'Find My' App to remove the device from your account to unlink it.
—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
The phishing attacks are specifically designed to gather data that grants access to physical mobile devices, enabling criminals to acquire users’ credentials and local device passwords to unlock devices or unlink them from their owners.
—
Dan Goodin,
Ars Technica,
19 Sep. 2024
For example, users can soon unlink Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Marketplace, and even Facebook games.
—
Josh Hendrickson,
PCMAG,
22 Jan. 2024
In each of them, look for an option to delete your information, log out of your accounts and unlink your vehicle.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
Fox News,
18 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlink
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By 58% to 42%, those surveyed said Americans were mostly separated by different values, not bound by shared ones.
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De la Espriella strikes reassuring tone With only a few hundred thousand votes separating the two candidates, De la Espriella used his victory speech to try to calm his critics.
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Looking along party lines, Republicans are closely divided on AI, as 38% expect a positive impact on the economy and 40% expecting a negative impact.
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Tens of thousands of North Koreans have fled to South Korea since the peninsula was divided by war in the 1950s.
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If your pet already has a microchip, make sure the information is up to date; sometimes, even pets with microchips can’t be identified because the phone number associated with them has been disconnected.
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Without considering objects, understanding history is incomplete, leaving people today disconnected from those who lived it.
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The result is uncommon room layouts like the tri-suite king room equipped with two twin-sized beds and a king bed split by a privacy divider that doubles as a playful art installation.
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Cutright, who was not charged with murder, split from Devastating Pyrotechnics to form Blackstar Fireworks on the property in 2023.
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The Townshend Revenue Act threatened to sever this link between Colonial legislatures and British officials.
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The workers' group opposes Ryder's Law, which will sever the main income source for many of the heavily immigrant owners and drivers.
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“Unlink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlink. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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