as in to dissociate
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Recent Examples of disaffiliate
In 1914, for example, the white founders of the Assemblies of God, USA decided to disaffiliate from the predominantly Black Church of God in Christ.
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Dara Delgado, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
In Arkansas, roughly onethird of all United Methodist congregations have either disaffiliated or disbanded in the past five years.
—Frank E. Lockwood, arkansasonline.com, 29 June 2024
In contrast, 1% of total churches disaffiliated in the two annual conferences that encompass California.
—Liam Adams, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
But by another metric, the protests were successful: Columbia disaffiliated from the weapons think tank, the Institute for Defense Analyses, and scrapped the plans for the gym.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 1 May 2024
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Dara Delgado, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
In Arkansas, roughly onethird of all United Methodist congregations have either disaffiliated or disbanded in the past five years.
—Frank E. Lockwood, arkansasonline.com, 29 June 2024
In contrast, 1% of total churches disaffiliated in the two annual conferences that encompass California.
—Liam Adams, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
But by another metric, the protests were successful: Columbia disaffiliated from the weapons think tank, the Institute for Defense Analyses, and scrapped the plans for the gym.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 1 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disaffiliate
Verb
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In some people, there can be multiple triggers, particularly if there is an underlying propensity to dissociate.—
Christina Caron,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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Physical activity monitors that can dissociate time and intensity might help future research unravel these associations more clearly.—
Jonathan G. Hakun,
Discover Magazine,
6 Dec. 2024
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Despite that, they got married in 2009 and divorced in 2016.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Behar proceeds with her analogy about Navarro and her husband getting divorced and maintaining contact with him.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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The top lighting and the white palette follow through to isolate the actors, visually.—
Mark Peikert,
IndieWire,
31 Jan. 2025
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Egypt has already rejected money from Gulf States to help solve the Gaza refugee crisis and to isolate Hamas.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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If that’s the case, while many customers have simply abandoned the purchase, some of those customers have certainly called your helpline to resolve their purchasing issue.—
Tom Lewis,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Jubilee’s team mostly resolves contentious programming decisions through internal discussion and debate, which seems fitting.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2025
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The pods can also be detached from the ring and attached directly together to form a train.—
Kimberley Snaith,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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This imbalance often leaves one partner feeling overburdened while the other becomes more passive or detached from the emotional weight of the relationship.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
19 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
Verb
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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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Astrology divides the zodiac into elemental groups: Earth: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn Fire: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius Air: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius Water: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces Each element reflects a distinct set of traits and tendencies.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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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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