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
Minolta created modular cameras that could be decoupled, the optics tethered to the LCD body with a cord, like photographic nunchaku.
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Ars Technica, 29 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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Ars Technica, 29 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decouple
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This stylish oasis is separated from the main spa and boasts an intimate relaxation lounge with Fendi furniture and a mother-of-pearl shower for two.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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The plan to separate Lionsgate into two entities — Lionsgate Studios and Starz Entertainment — now awaits regulatory approval and then a shareholder vote.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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The galleries are categorized according to three themes — religion, kingship, and society — and divided into historical eras: Predynastic, the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, the Late Kingdom, Ptolemaic (Greek) Egypt, and the Roman period.—
Kate McMahon,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Jan. 2025
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Americans largely support Trump's mass deportation plans, but are divided on how they should be carried out.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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An additional 10 percent of those sales, plus the sales of books that are not earmarked for a specific store, gets split up and distributed to every store on Bookshop's platform.—
Boone Ashworth,
WIRED,
28 Jan. 2025
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Former chair and party finance director Fred Whitaker said understanding why some voters split their tickets and show ideological inconsistencies is crucial to making gains.—
Hanna Kang,
Orange County Register,
27 Jan. 2025
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Over time, this disconnect leads to emotional isolation.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
25 Jan. 2025
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Its leaders are totally disconnected from scientific reality, from rational debate, from basic empathy.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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While uncoupling from the RSN gave the Rangers control of their media destiny, the split from the parent company formerly known as Diamond Sports Group does not come without a cost.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
15 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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Included among the lucky ones, another male with bloodied, partially severed tail that Cindy Meiswinkel and Sohni Yayalian found stunned in the road.—
Stephanie O'Neill,
NPR,
26 Jan. 2025
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While TikTok was dark, US users raced to get around the TikTok ban while several other unexpected apps saw their access to Americans severed as well.—
Andrew Couts,
WIRED,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Decouple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decouple. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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