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
For decades now, the most ardent critics of the weight-loss industry and of its associated doctors have been saying something similar: Healthy behaviors can and should be decoupled from the single-minded goal of making people smaller.
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Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
But Wednesday’s truce has decoupled the two battlefields.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2024
And if the Trump administration takes even more radical steps to decouple the U.S. and Chinese economies, the economic and national security downsides will be even more pronounced.
—Scott Kennedy, Foreign Affairs, 26 Nov. 2024
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.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 27 Nov. 2024
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Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
But Wednesday’s truce has decoupled the two battlefields.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2024
And if the Trump administration takes even more radical steps to decouple the U.S. and Chinese economies, the economic and national security downsides will be even more pronounced.
—Scott Kennedy, Foreign Affairs, 26 Nov. 2024
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.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decouple
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French Press: The French press is a pot with that steeps the coffee grounds before separating it with a plunger.Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2025
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In some areas, no more than the width of a suburban lawn separates the project from the retreat.Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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On Monday, the US government announced a new round of regulations on global AI chip exports, dividing the world into roughly three tiers of access.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2025
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The number is calculated by dividing births in a year by the average population for the year.Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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One Pacific Palisades home that survived the Palisades Fire was later split in half by a landslide, CBS News Los Angeles' Rick Montanez reported.Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2025
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This $21-billion fund is split equally between shareholders and utility customers.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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That library was the hub of the community, and losing it will disconnect the community further.R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Battery packs must be disconnected during security inspection.Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 14 Jan. 2025
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This season’s expansion of the College Football Playoff from four teams to 12 and Ohio State’s place in the Big Ten, one of the sport’s two most powerful conferences, have afforded more leeway for losses and uncoupled the stakes of beating Michigan from the larger pursuit of a national title.Andrew Greif, NBC News, 31 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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Mark Crew shot his wife in 1982, while an accomplice severed her head.Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025
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Legislation must outlaw ransom payments, severing a critical funding stream for cyberterrorists and criminals.Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Decouple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decouple. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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