uncouple
verb (used with object)
to release the coupling or link between; disconnect; let go.
have uncoupled
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present perfectof uncouple.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Levanon has a theory about why the payoffs for advanced degrees have uncoupled: “More degrees chasing fewer of the positions those degrees were meant to unlock.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
They exhibited indents and requisitions for horses, and once or twice would have uncoupled the trucks; but Kurban Sahib was wise, and I am not altogether a fool.
From Traffics and Discoveries by Rudyard Kipling
