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Who can forget when Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow and her then-husband, musician Chris Martin, announced in 2014 that they would consciously uncouple?

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2022

Reaching the end and shutting my laptop, however, I am relieved to consciously uncouple.

From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2020

Both women are taking giant strides forward, but this means they have to consciously uncouple.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 31, 2019

"The Office's" Jenna Fischer and "Nashville's" Oliver Hudson continue to co-habitate and co-parent even as they consciously uncouple in the new sitcom "Splitting Up Together."

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2018

“We have always conducted our relationship privately, and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and coparent, we will be able to continue in the same manner.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 9, 2014