decouple
verb
de·cou·ple
(ˌ)dē-ˈkə-pəl 
decoupled; decoupling; decouples
: to eliminate the interrelationship of : separate
Examples of decouple in a Sentence
to have a fruitful discussion, we need to decouple fact from opinion
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China is, if necessary, ready to decouple from the United States.
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Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
Actionable Insight: Instead of overhauling legacy systems, decouple the components necessary for real-time, day-to-day operations and innovate specifically on those.
—Elodie Bouneau, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Price rises in recent years have strongly decoupled from income and rental growth, leading to significant imbalances in the residential property market and a high bubble risk.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
That correlation has decoupled somewhat in 2025, as Strategy’s bitcoin purchases have vastly increased in size following the Q3 2024 earnings call, where chairman Michael Saylor proposed a $42 billion capital raise for more bitcoin.
—Korok Ray, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
Actionable Insight: Instead of overhauling legacy systems, decouple the components necessary for real-time, day-to-day operations and innovate specifically on those.
—Elodie Bouneau, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Price rises in recent years have strongly decoupled from income and rental growth, leading to significant imbalances in the residential property market and a high bubble risk.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
That correlation has decoupled somewhat in 2025, as Strategy’s bitcoin purchases have vastly increased in size following the Q3 2024 earnings call, where chairman Michael Saylor proposed a $42 billion capital raise for more bitcoin.
—Korok Ray, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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“Decouple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decouple. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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