decouple
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Definition of decouple
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Synonyms & Antonyms for decouple
Synonyms
break up, disassociate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, part, ramify, resolve, separate, sever, split, sunder, uncouple, unlink, unyoke
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Examples of decouple in a Sentence
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The tool allows users to decouple the third-party data, like search history and store purchases, from their Facebook profile. — Fortune, "How Facebook’s New Privacy Tool Will—or Won’t—Affect Its Ad Business," 26 Aug. 2019 To remediate the effects of climate change in any serious way, the next president will have to remake the entire energy sector, decouple the economy from fossil fuels, and ensure workers and frontline communities aren’t abandoned in the process. — Emily Atkin, The New Republic, "Why We’re Challenging the 2020 Democrats to a Climate Summit," 11 July 2019 Between those extremes, Mr. Pillsbury sees a more likely and desirable middle path—a transactional U.S.-China relationship of the sort that prevailed during the 1980s in which the two decide, case by case, when to do business and when to decouple. — Greg Ip, WSJ, "Trump Didn’t Kill the Global Trade System. He Split It in Two.," 26 Dec. 2018 The companies were decoupled in 2006 after functioning as one corporate entity from 2000 to 2005. — Los Angeles Times, "Bakish will get a big raise as head of ViacomCBS; Ianniello committed to stay on until 2021," 19 Aug. 2019 Microsoft also previously decoupled Cortana from search in the recent Windows 10 May 2019 Update, and now the company is bringing Cortana to the Microsoft Store as a separate app. — Tom Warren, The Verge, "Microsoft will drop Cortana from Xbox One as part of another dashboard redesign," 24 July 2019 The government has attempted to decouple economic frustrations from the swelling political anxieties, suggesting that the protesters are simply disaffected youth upset over their job prospects. — Time, "'Whenever There’s Trouble He Rushes There.' Meet Legislator Roy Kwong, the God of Hong Kong Protests," 20 July 2019 Starting in the 1970s, environmental policies in America and Europe decoupled lead pollution from economic growth. — The Economist, "Arctic lead levels shed new light on Europe’s history," 10 July 2019 And, if there was a connection, this suggests something must have changed to decouple the two. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Medical marijuana vs. opioid abuse: New study questions the connection," 13 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'decouple.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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