How to Use disassociate in a Sentence

disassociate

verb
  • As part of the sanction, Bush had to disassociate from the school for 10 years.
    Teddy Grant, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Abuse the data, and the customer will disassociate from you.
    Shep Hyken, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Since that lowest of points, Chris Young has disassociated the Rangers from the wreckage.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
  • In a statement, USC said it was disappointed with the chapters' move to disassociate with the school.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Neither the Cavinder twins nor Ruiz was punished in the inquiry and the booster was not disassociated from the program.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The verbal attacks have Louis starting to disassociate, and in the background, Rashid calmly removes his gloves, pulls out his contacts, and starts to float.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The four other children of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt disassociated themselves from the work.
    BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The intention was to disassociate Japan from the rest of Asia and signal its advanced status to Westerners.
    The Economist, 15 June 2019
  • Kanye West and the Sunday Service collective should be disassociated with such claims surrounding the food at the event.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Remarks by Clinton have already forced some Democrats to disassociate from her.
    Lukas Mikelionis, Fox News, 2 May 2018
  • Some of He's colleagues are emerging in the press, to either disassociate themselves from him or bring attention to his potential plight.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 8 Jan. 2019
  • Ahead of the recall election next week, some involved in getting out the vote on both sides of the effort appear to be attempting to disassociate themselves from the use of ballot collection.
    Robin Estrin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Instead, the user will simply have the option to disassociate the information from his or her account.
    Kaya Yurieff, CNN, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Zorc, a former midfielder who went by the nickname of 'Susi' for his long hair, was the club's captain and is the record appearance-maker, and will be sorely missed once his finally disassociates from the club in a few years' time.
    SI.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • But now the church wants to disassociate any connection with Freemasonry.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Mar. 2021
  • The university tried its best to disassociate themselves from Porta, but the damage was already done.
    Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2021
  • The need to disassociate from Russia has spurred a miniature version of the space race; the company’s new owners are scrambling to make up ground in one of the few remaining realms where the Russians can still claim global dominance.
    Alina Simone, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Still, local gyms stood by their decision to disassociate with the national brand.
    Tom Schad, The Courier-Journal, 10 June 2020
  • But within the group’s ranks, the efforts to disassociate from Tarrio — and, by extension, the formal Proud Boys organization — were swift.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2021
  • Now that the kilogram is disassociated from its physical form, it can be measured anywhere.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2019
  • By contrast, voters warmed to mob-busting Italian-American prosecutors such as Rudy Giuliani, who thought the best way to disassociate yourself from the bad guys was to lock them up.
    Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 20 July 2017
  • The fallout continued offline too, with Chinese celebrities quick to disassociate themselves from the brands and tear up endorsement deals.
    NBC News, 25 Mar. 2021
  • And the Republican Party, Peter Alexander, doesn't seem to be, at least interested at least publicly, to try to disassociate itself with so many of these folks.
    NBC News, 11 Apr. 2021
  • While Behanan and Montrezl Harrell have been disassociated, many of the other former players have stopped by campus to work out.
    Jake Lourim, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2018
  • Both everyday people and big-name celebrities called on Ye’s various partners to disassociate from him and his appalling ideas.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Windows Search now will disassociate itself from your account, so that your search and InPrivate search history won’t be tied to your identity.
    Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 4 Nov. 2019
  • However, that doesn't mean the team will disassociate itself with its history.
    Tom Withers, ajc, 18 Dec. 2020
  • By laundering the cryptocurrency proceeds, Parks was able to disguise the audit trail and disassociate the funds from the scheme, according to prosecutors.
    USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
  • However, over the weekend a host of affiliated gyms, sponsors and athletes, all moved to disassociate themselves with the CrossFit brand.
    Tom Schad, The Courier-Journal, 10 June 2020
  • Hypnosis can promote relaxation, help people disassociate from pain, and change perceptions of pain (such as perceiving contractions as your body's strength rather than as pain).
    Kristi Pahr, Parents, 3 Oct. 2023

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