conscious uncoupling
Americannoun
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Origin of conscious uncoupling
First recorded in 2010–15
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Before Martin began dating Johnson, he parted ways with his former wife Gwyneth Paltrow, 48, which Paltrow notably said was a "conscious uncoupling."
From Fox News ● Jul. 25, 2021
Move over conscious uncoupling, a brand new term for something we already have a word for is taking center stage.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2019
“Going light,” founders Joe Hollier and Kai Tang stressed, was about a conscious uncoupling from our screens, rediscovering the world around us, and creating space for a slower and potentially more meaningful pace of communication.
From The Verge ● Sep. 4, 2019
If anyone is looking for an offscreen analogue to the show’s catfights, the two women, speaking separately by telephone last month, described more of a conscious uncoupling.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2018
She also announced the conscious uncoupling of that marriage on her lifestyle blog, which is basically the least punk rock thing to have happened in human history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2016
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