as in to separate
to set or force apart
uncoupled the two railroad cars
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Recent Examples of uncouple
The decision, which found the defendants liable for about $1.8 billion in damages, a sum that could grow to more than $5 billion, could ultimately uncouple the listing and buying agents’ commissions, so sellers would no longer be obligated to pay the buyer’s portion.
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Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
The man slid soundlessly to the ground, a round hole in his forehead from which the blood bubbled and ran down into his eyes carrying with it his slowly uncoupling world visible to see.
—Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
In flat-switching, members stationed along tracks to uncouple railcars sometimes didn’t pull out the pins on time.
—Esther Fung, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022
Many in the liberal caucus spent Friday morning pushing to uncouple the weapons ban from the public safety package and hold separate votes.
—Arkansas Online, 30 July 2022
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Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
The man slid soundlessly to the ground, a round hole in his forehead from which the blood bubbled and ran down into his eyes carrying with it his slowly uncoupling world visible to see.
—Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
In flat-switching, members stationed along tracks to uncouple railcars sometimes didn’t pull out the pins on time.
—Esther Fung, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022
Many in the liberal caucus spent Friday morning pushing to uncouple the weapons ban from the public safety package and hold separate votes.
—Arkansas Online, 30 July 2022
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Smith and her husband moved to New Haven with their two daughters, but separated shortly thereafter.Perri Klass, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
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He was concerned as a boy that even an iota of doubt could lead him to a different fate, relegating him to an eternity separated from his family, particularly his parents.Rick Rojas, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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That injection literally divided her into two bodies: the older one, and a younger, nubile one named Sue (Margaret Qualley), who got the job hosting Elisabeth’s old aerobics show and has rocketed onto the celebrity A-list.Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Curated by Brazilian artist Adriano Pedrosa, the main art exhibition of the 60th la Biennale di Venezia seemed to divide opinion—loved and loathed in equal measure.Nargess Banks, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
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Jannik Sinner and world No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz, who split them two apiece in 2024.Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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The Vietnam War had arguably split the country more dramatically than any conflict since the Civil War.Ron Elving, NPR, 28 Dec. 2024
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Turn your microwave completely off by disconnecting the power.Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2024
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Book a private villa for the ultimate chance to disconnect.Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
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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
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But Wednesday’s truce has decoupled the two battlefields.Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2024
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But the two countries have not severed diplomatic ties, Jean-Pierre Godbout, a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada, told USA TODAY.Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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The meandering anchor wound up severing three fiber-optic cables across the Red Sea floor, which carried about a quarter of all the Internet traffic between Europe and Asia.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2024
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