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
Overall, the study shows how age and age-related disease can become decoupled.
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Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
What matters is how much of your value can be decoupled—and whether your clients still believe the output has strategic meaning when the human is removed.
—London Business School, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The motor and its digital controller are decoupled from the chassis and tonearm, ensuring minimal mechanical—or audible—interference during playback.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2025
These layers are decoupled from one another in modular tech stacks, meaning different projects can specialize in different layers based on their area of expertise, enhancing the overall performance of the network.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025
Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
What matters is how much of your value can be decoupled—and whether your clients still believe the output has strategic meaning when the human is removed.
—London Business School, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The motor and its digital controller are decoupled from the chassis and tonearm, ensuring minimal mechanical—or audible—interference during playback.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2025
These layers are decoupled from one another in modular tech stacks, meaning different projects can specialize in different layers based on their area of expertise, enhancing the overall performance of the network.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decoupled
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Phillips also asked that their assets be divided up by the court as separate property, with no indication in the papers that the exes had a prenup in place.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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But like other governer races, voters are divided along partisan lines.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Raw animal foods not separated by type based on minimum cook temperatures (raw chicken stored above raw eggs in walk-in cooler).—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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Allen and Harbour, 50, were married for four years, and separated in 2024.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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That correlation shifted in 2018, demonstrating that macroeconomic conditions and federal budgets have become increasingly disconnected.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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The conventional wisdom sees meager job growth as largely a result of immigration restrictions and demographics, disconnected from still-healthy GDP-tracking models that capture urgent capex levels and free spending by the affluent.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
25 Oct. 2025
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The teams split the first two games in Toronto.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Earlier surveys reflected similar divisions, underscoring a community sharply split over his candidacy.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Decoupled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decoupled. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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