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
But Beijing and Washington continued their decoupling efforts.
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Brendan Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2025
When data is decoupled from applications, it can be created once and moved seamlessly, in real-time, to where it is needed.
—Steve Banker, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
This has pushed Europe to continue decoupling from Gazprom.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
That means acquiring should be a standalone service, tokenization should be decoupled from transaction processing, fraud prevention should operate as an externalized system and pricing should be managed by a flexible API.
—Eugenio Orozco, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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Brendan Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2025
When data is decoupled from applications, it can be created once and moved seamlessly, in real-time, to where it is needed.
—Steve Banker, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
This has pushed Europe to continue decoupling from Gazprom.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
That means acquiring should be a standalone service, tokenization should be decoupled from transaction processing, fraud prevention should operate as an externalized system and pricing should be managed by a flexible API.
—Eugenio Orozco, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decouple
Verb
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After Wednesday’s win in Chicago, only one road win over the Hawks separates the Heat from making the playoffs for the sixth straight season.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2025
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Heading into final rotation, the two championship hopefuls were separated by just 0.075.—
Henry Chappell,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
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The city is divided along sectarian lines: The south is home mostly to Sunni Muslims, while the northern neighborhoods are mostly Alawite.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Passengers are divided on the appropriateness of removing shoes during flights, citing comfort versus hygiene and safety.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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But Francis also contradicted himself and split some very specific hairs regarding LGBTQ+ rights.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
21 Apr. 2025
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Shortly after their divorce, Hurley announced her engagement to the Australian cricketer Shane Warne, and the couple split in 2013.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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The extended time away allows employees to fully disconnect from workplace pressures and engage in restorative activities without the persistent distraction of pending work projects that often accompany shorter breaks.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 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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Challenges with management, staffing, food costs, and the service market forced us to file bankruptcy to sever contract liabilities.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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Bieber has also publicly severed ties with his fashion brand Drew House.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Decouple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decouple. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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