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to set or force apart
uncoupled the two railroad cars
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Recent Examples of uncoupled
Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
To prevent releasing any asbestos, whole sections of the old pipe are uncoupled from their connections without cutting.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Democrats and liberal pundits in particular have seen expressions of thoughts and prayers, particularly coming from the GOP and prominent commentators on the right, as an empty gesture when uncoupled with specific actions on gun control to prevent mass shootings.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 30 Aug. 2025
Miles Socha, Footwear News, 18 Dec. 2025
In exchange for some $200 million per season, NBC and Peacock will assume dominion over the Sunday Night Baseball package from which ESPN uncoupled itself in February.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
An absurdist black comedy that satirizes our culture's discomfort around uncoupled people, The Lobster asks what would happen if singles were given 45 days to find a mate, or be transformed into the animal of their choice.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
To prevent releasing any asbestos, whole sections of the old pipe are uncoupled from their connections without cutting.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Democrats and liberal pundits in particular have seen expressions of thoughts and prayers, particularly coming from the GOP and prominent commentators on the right, as an empty gesture when uncoupled with specific actions on gun control to prevent mass shootings.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
Nigo has mostly favored coed shows during the men’s calendar in Paris since 2022, but had recently uncoupled them to give womenswear a bigger spotlight.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 18 Dec. 2025
In exchange for some $200 million per season, NBC and Peacock will assume dominion over the Sunday Night Baseball package from which ESPN uncoupled itself in February.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncoupled
Verb
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Fine jewelry has been separated from the trashy costume stuff.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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The first six cars of the train were separated from the rest and continued on to Penn.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The pairing of two of the underground’s wildest bands, powered by two of the most formidable drummers in the biz — OOIOO’s YoshimiO and the Bolt’s Brian Chippendale—is a lot to handle as a split album.—
Reed Jackson,
SPIN,
24 Apr. 2026
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His current favorite is the Pollock and Casper, the restaurant’s Gemini cocktail, a split base of gin and duck fat washed vodka, finished with saffron oil, designed to capture the duality the sign is known for.—
Avery Newmark,
AJC.com,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Despite their size, canister vacuums provide better weight distribution and are easier on your body because the weight is divided into two parts.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2026
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My mom was very upset that the inheritance was not divided up equally and asked me several times why my portion would be so much larger.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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According to the full plot description on Amazon, our protagonists have more to worry about than just severed fingers.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
19 Mar. 2026
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The inciting incident for the new story comes after the principal of the high school receives a severed human finger in the mail, sending the parents into an uproar.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Arsenal manager invoked a bed of roses and the accompaniment of celestial music and formed an expression to suggest anyone expecting that was evidently disconnected from the reality of a Premier League title race.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Once the heating process is complete, the pressure vessel is disconnected from the Mothership.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Shields' mother Teri and father Frank were married briefly but divorced months after Shields was born; Frank welcomed three more kids with his second wife, as well as step-parented her two elder children as well.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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Sometimes your boyfriend breaks up with you to be with an older divorced mom and that's a good thing.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Others are dark modes, which are completely decoupled.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Lebanon’s fragile sovereignty The lack of resolved borders and Israel’s periodic incursions into southern Lebanon have predictably meant that Lebanon has struggled to assert sovereignty over its own territory.—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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One quick concluding note: Like Bad Sisters, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast has what feels to me like a pretty resolved (and effective) ending, especially given the amount of time Saoirse spends in the finale talking about the difficulties of writing endings for TV.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Uncoupled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncoupled. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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