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uncoupled

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verb

past tense of uncouple

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncoupled
Verb
  • Data held in qubits is affected by data held in other qubits, even when physically separated.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The ingredients aren’t separated by recipe, which can make unpacking and prepping confusing.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Wednesday’s game was postponed because of inclement weather, and the Royals will play a split doubleheader against the Cardinals on Thursday.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2025
  • They should not be cracked, split or otherwise compromised.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • Jones reportedly refused to take field sobriety tests and was arrested on charges of operating under the influence and driving the wrong way on a divided highway.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2025
  • Hundreds of thousands of migrants could be at risk of deportation after a divided Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Trump Administration can—for now—end a Biden-era program that extended humanitarian parole protections to migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • Yet, technical jargon, complex financial concepts and misaligned expectations can create barriers to understanding, leaving clients feeling uncertain or disconnected from the decision-making process.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • But the plant is now disconnected from the grid and the electricity infrastructure required to operate the plant safely has been damaged by drone strikes and frequent shelling.
    Lauren Kent, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In November, two fiber-optic Baltic Sea cables were severed.
    Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Iran’s land bridge to Hezbollah has been severed by the fall of Syria’s Assad regime.
    Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The audience watched quietly until Matthew McConaughey, sporting a parted blond bowl cut and ferrying students to some end-of-year fun, delivered a signature bit of dialogue.
    Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
  • With partner Jean Pierre Daguerre, Moulton raised sheep and cattle, but when the sheep part of the enterprise did not go well, the two parted ways and Moulton concentrated on cattle ranching.
    Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • Spread in thin, discontinuous bands across a few miles of terrain, the ancient material is a challenge to identify and even harder to access.
    Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
  • The city of almost 52,000, carved into discontinuous clumps by unincorporated land, straddles the Denton-Collin county line. ▪ Anna, also in Collin, is a 30 minute drive east of Celina.
    Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
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“Uncoupled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncoupled. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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