as in to separate
to set or force apart
to have a fruitful discussion, we need to decouple fact from opinion
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Recent Examples of decouple
The island nation occupies a key position in the region, maintaining close ties to China and the U.S. even as the two powers decouple their economies amid rising tensions.
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Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 27 Nov. 2024
The dynamic is a complex one and decoupling from one another poses challenges.
—Dave Evans, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
This study highlights the challenges of decoupling from China due to the intricate interdependencies and suggests that understanding these dependencies is crucial before taking any aggressive trade actions.
—Willy C. Shih
veronica Chua, Harvard Business Review, 26 Nov. 2024
Longer-term, however, decoupling the TV shows from the MCU — while still leaning on fan-favorite characters from the broader Marvel library — could widen the potential audience beyond its most committed fans.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 27 Nov. 2024
The dynamic is a complex one and decoupling from one another poses challenges.
—Dave Evans, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
This study highlights the challenges of decoupling from China due to the intricate interdependencies and suggests that understanding these dependencies is crucial before taking any aggressive trade actions.
—Willy C. Shih
veronica Chua, Harvard Business Review, 26 Nov. 2024
Longer-term, however, decoupling the TV shows from the MCU — while still leaning on fan-favorite characters from the broader Marvel library — could widen the potential audience beyond its most committed fans.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decouple
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Emotions cooled after that, but season 47 finished strong with the signature moment of Operation: Italy, followed by a stellar penultimate episode in which separating fact from fiction never appeared harder.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Entrepreneurs often face the daunting task of separating their emotional attachment to the business from its financial valuation.Sara Khaki, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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And the House Democratic caucus has been divided over whether to touch the minimum wage and paid sick leave laws.Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2024
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And the Crime Stoppers reward could be divided among dozens of tips that the police say were helpful in the investigation.Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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The responses were also split along party lines, with a fair amount of Democrats finding the killing acceptable compared to very few Republicans and independents.Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Dec. 2024
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The two teams split in the regular season last year, but Conard beat Glastonbury in the CCC quarterfinals.Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
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The 32-page document includes a toll free number for getting in touch with remote operators, a visual guide for disabling the vehicle’s autonomous mode, and instructions for how to disconnect the high-voltage battery.Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 13 Dec. 2024
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If your toilet stops flushing, take off the tank lid and investigate the parts connected to the handle to see if anything is disconnected or broken.Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2024
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The deal would uncouple reliable growth assets, such as the Peacock streaming service and NBCU’s sports properties, from the eroding economics of cable.Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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The luxury house has experimented with different formats over the past few years, opting for the coed format in 2017 under former creative director Alessandro Michele and then reverting to separate showcases, uncoupling men’s and women’s collections, starting with the former in January 2023.Luisa Zargani, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Herr had wondered whether the muscles severed in an amputation could be meaningfully connected again.Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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In a development that showed both an admission of making the wrong hire and a willingness to quickly pivot, Foster severed ties with Bieniemy on Thursday after their one season together produced across-the-board struggles on offense.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Decouple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decouple. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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