decouple
verb
de·cou·ple
(ˌ)dē-ˈkə-pəl 
decoupled; decoupling; decouples
: to eliminate the interrelationship of : separate
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Examples of decouple in a Sentence
to have a fruitful discussion, we need to decouple fact from opinion
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And even if the diesel tax is decoupled from a formula that makes annual adjustments, that doesn’t mean officials might never need to increase it in the future.
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Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2024
Dozens of countries have already decoupled their economic growth from their fossil fuel consumption.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 10 May 2024
Enlarge / Teams is being decoupled from the other Office apps worldwide, six months after Microsoft did the same thing for the EU.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2024
Even today, semiconductor technology has decisive significance in the security and economic relations between the United States and China and is the focus of the United States’ decoupling/derisking policy.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
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Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2024
Dozens of countries have already decoupled their economic growth from their fossil fuel consumption.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 10 May 2024
Enlarge / Teams is being decoupled from the other Office apps worldwide, six months after Microsoft did the same thing for the EU.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2024
Even today, semiconductor technology has decisive significance in the security and economic relations between the United States and China and is the focus of the United States’ decoupling/derisking policy.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
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“Decouple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decouple. Accessed 1 Jul. 2024.
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