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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
Conversely, when the oceans are uncoupled, the sea surface temperature does not respond to atmospheric fluctuations.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024
Formerly reliable sources of information like seasonal changes in daylight can lose its utility as they become uncoupled.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2023
As part of the Kelly Plan, football would be uncoupled from all other sports at every school to mitigate all those unnecessary airline miles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
Then he uncoupled them and fastened the hose to the coupling pipe and fitted the other end of the hose to the gasbottle and carried it out to the saloon.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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