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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Design services to be idempotent and stateless, decoupling state to enhance resilience and scalability.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
China also seeks to reduce its reliance on foreign imports, a concern borne out after the election as the next U.S. president this week of Donald Trump, who has been vocal about increasing trade tariffs and decoupling supply chains from the world’s second-largest economy.
—Reuters, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
That currency is pegged to the U.S. dollar and therefore reliably stable—unless the President of the United States starts antagonizing China by threatening to decouple the HKD, as then-President Trump did later that month.
—Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024
Minolta created modular cameras that could be decoupled, the optics tethered to the LCD body with a cord, like photographic nunchaku.
—Ars Technica, 29 Nov. 2024
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
China also seeks to reduce its reliance on foreign imports, a concern borne out after the election as the next U.S. president this week of Donald Trump, who has been vocal about increasing trade tariffs and decoupling supply chains from the world’s second-largest economy.
—Reuters, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
That currency is pegged to the U.S. dollar and therefore reliably stable—unless the President of the United States starts antagonizing China by threatening to decouple the HKD, as then-President Trump did later that month.
—Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024
Minolta created modular cameras that could be decoupled, the optics tethered to the LCD body with a cord, like photographic nunchaku.
—Ars Technica, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Decouple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decouple. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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