as in divided
to set or force apart
to have a fruitful discussion, we need to decouple fact from opinion
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Recent Examples of decoupled
The key innovation is that these components can be decoupled from one another.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
28 June 2026
Wages had decoupled from home prices years earlier.
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Juliette Han,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
The main advantage here is the driver's physical action is decoupled from the wheels, so there's more precise control in the way braking pressure is applied, and the driver gets more consistent feedback.
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
6 May 2026
In the last 40 years, tuition has more than tripled, far outpacing inflation and completely decoupled from student outcomes.
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Michael Carbonara,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
One of the central pillars of the American dream is becoming increasingly decoupled from the other key rites of adulthood.
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Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
As American work habits become decoupled from traditional mealtimes, people want to eat in a way that’s convenient for that new paradigm, Portalatin said.
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Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
In addition, software stocks appear to have decoupled from artificial intelligence credit spreads, which could prove bullish.
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Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2026
Officials gave varying numbers as the incident unfolded, but Roache said early Friday that a total of 13 cars decoupled during the derailment and 10 came off tracks.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
6 Feb. 2026
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
28 June 2026
Wages had decoupled from home prices years earlier.
—
Juliette Han,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
The main advantage here is the driver's physical action is decoupled from the wheels, so there's more precise control in the way braking pressure is applied, and the driver gets more consistent feedback.
—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
6 May 2026
In the last 40 years, tuition has more than tripled, far outpacing inflation and completely decoupled from student outcomes.
—
Michael Carbonara,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
One of the central pillars of the American dream is becoming increasingly decoupled from the other key rites of adulthood.
—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
As American work habits become decoupled from traditional mealtimes, people want to eat in a way that’s convenient for that new paradigm, Portalatin said.
—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
In addition, software stocks appear to have decoupled from artificial intelligence credit spreads, which could prove bullish.
—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2026
Officials gave varying numbers as the incident unfolded, but Roache said early Friday that a total of 13 cars decoupled during the derailment and 10 came off tracks.
—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decoupled
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Congressional Republicans were divided over the Supreme Court’s Tuesday decision to strike down an executive order seeking to limit birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
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Countless individual tread blocks, divided by wide grooves, wriggled around instead of digging in.
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In a place where many homes lean into glass, driftwood tones and a conventional layout, this one sprawls like a resort, with sleeping quarters separated into individual pavilion-like structures.
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While first stage successfully separated, the second stage engine did not get it into orbit.
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So even if disconnected from headquarters, a brigade can still use the system.
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Carbon offsets, by contrast, can be difficult to verify and are often disconnected from local conditions.
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The result is uncommon room layouts like the tri-suite king room equipped with two twin-sized beds and a king bed split by a privacy divider that doubles as a playful art installation.
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Cutright, who was not charged with murder, split from Devastating Pyrotechnics to form Blackstar Fireworks on the property in 2023.
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“Decoupled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decoupled. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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