decoupled

past tense of decouple

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of decoupled The problem is the transition costs, which are unavoidable and cannot be decoupled from efforts to avoid the future warming that awaits us. — Stephanie Walton, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026 In addition, most states have decoupled the ability of pharmacists to administer the shots from federal guidelines and are instead often relying on the recommendations of medical groups, such as those releasing guidance now. — Rob Stein, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026 To date, almost all states have maintained their previous mandates or otherwise decoupled their policies from the federal recommendations. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decoupled
Verb
  • The country is already bitterly divided, with far-left and far-right parties leading opinion polls ahead of presidential elections next year.
    — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Yet Germany’s meager amount of uranium ore had been divided between different piles in the project.
    — Mike McRae October 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • And then around ’98, when William made this decision that fractured the community forever, the well-meaning adults separated the genders.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • This means that Cumberland in Western Maryland and Salisbury on the Eastern Shore — separated by the Chesapeake Bay and nearly the entire width of the state — could one day end up represented by the same member of Congress.
    — Colin Pascal, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The stock’s performance looks especially disconnected from the strength of the underlying business.
    — Stephanie Link, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Some fail because of a lack of training; others fail because tools are disconnected from existing systems, governance is overly restrictive or business processes remain unchanged.
    — Fabio Caversan, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Taiwan and China split after a civil war in 1949, but Beijing claims the island as part of its own territory.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Without him, the court could split 4 to 4 and be unable issue a decision.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

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“Decoupled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decoupled. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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