decoupled

verb

past tense of decouple
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 What gets lost in the chip-count debate is that training and inference are decoupled. — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 The key innovation is that these components can be decoupled from one another. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 28 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 Islands are decoupled from each other, and synchronizing knowledge between them happens once in a while. — IEEE Spectrum, 7 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decoupled
  1. divided
  2. separated
  3. disconnected
  4. split
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  • The country has been divided for years between rival administrations, each backed by armed groups and foreign governments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Wall Street divided on Fed outlook The war with Iran continues to add to the uncertainty.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of divided
Verb
  • These elements are produced alongside californium-252 and need to be separated during processing.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The boy had lived with his grandparents for 12 years after his parents had separated, Atthapol said.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of separated
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  • Beyond the audience reaction in Sundance, Wilde questioned the fact that comedy as a genre had come disconnected from cinema audiences.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2026
  • When a visionary's plans are disconnected from reality, the problems often do not get caught early.
    — Rohan Pinto, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of disconnected
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  • While Sebastiaan Bornauw was staying wide on the right of the back three, Trafford came out to split Tarik Muharemovic and Jaka Bijol, offering them a passing option.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The admission, an aside in a wide-ranging interview, raised eyebrows in the recovery community given the star’s very public embrace of sobriety after joining a 12-step program following his 2016 split from wife Angelina Jolie.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of split

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