untether
verb
un·teth·er
| \ ˌən-ˈte-t͟hər
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untethered;
untethering;
untethers
Definition of untether
: to free from or as if from a tether
Examples of untether in a Sentence
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Renault SA, meanwhile, in November untethered its CEO and chairman positions after Carlos Ghosn, who held both positions, was arrested in Japan on allegations of financial misreporting at partner company Nissan Motor Co. — Mengqi Sun, WSJ, "More U.S. Companies Separating Chief Executive and Chairman Roles," 23 Jan. 2019 New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles have long seen home prices untethered from what residents make. — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, "As metro Denver home prices continue to rise, one builder’s answer is to go smaller," 28 July 2019 Now, though, those two worlds are merging, with a tiny, exceedingly simple robot modeled after larval jellyfish that can scoot around untethered like the real thing. — Matt Simon, WIRED, "This Jellyfish Robot Is Much More Than Just a Good Swimmer," 2 July 2019 Especially in San Francisco, homelessness is at least partly untethered from the housing market: Drug abuse and serious psychological problems are rampant. — James Sutton, National Review, "Don’t Blame Big Tech for San Francisco’s Homelessness Crisis," 13 June 2019 Viewers now are turning to quality TV that requires less investment — shows that are untethered from a single group of characters, genre or even story. — Randee Dawn, latimes.com, "Anthologies like 'Twilight Zone' and 'Black Mirror' may soothe viewers' cancellation angst," 5 June 2019 Writer/director Jordan Peele takes it a step further in Us, his new movie that highlights a society untethered from faith and comprised of humans entirely self-consumed and detached from one another. — Candice Frederick, Harper's BAZAAR, "Us Offers a Terrifying Vision of Judgement Day," 26 Mar. 2019 The Weekly Standard’s version of conservatism was one that was supposed to be untethered — to candidates or specific matters of policy or even to the brass tacks of politics itself. — Jane Coaston, Vox, "What the Weekly Standard meant to conservatism," 14 Dec. 2018 Being untethered from big news and acting as an outlet unto herself means Yellin is now free to present stories in a thoughtful way that takes women and their experiences into account. — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, "Jessica Yellin Is a Veteran Reporter Out to Change the Way You Get Your News," 20 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'untether.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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