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to set free from entanglement or difficulty
sought to disengage myself from the embarrassing situation
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Recent Examples of disengaged
Stan Son, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
Because today, harm shows up as isolated students, fractured communities, disengaged workers, and technologies that divide rather than unite.
—Reshma Saujani, Time, 7 Jan. 2026
Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
The entrepreneur was seemingly distracted and disengaged to the point where Snoop had to call her attention back.
—Essence, 4 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
Paul Pierce said on his podcast recently that Towns seems somewhat disengaged because the Knicks’ offense is Brunson-centric.
—Stan Son, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
Because today, harm shows up as isolated students, fractured communities, disengaged workers, and technologies that divide rather than unite.
—Reshma Saujani, Time, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
But Morant has looked obviously disengaged often, and has already had some injury issues early into the year.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
The entrepreneur was seemingly distracted and disengaged to the point where Snoop had to call her attention back.
—Essence, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disengaged
Adjective
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Grandaddy, unbeaten and untied and still heavyweight champion of the college football world.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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The images featured Williams striking several poses while standing in knee-deep waters, wearing a yellow, one-piece swimsuit with a cutout in the center and an untied bowtie.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The state’s Supreme Court threw out the verdict and Cosby was freed from prison after serving nearly three years of a three- to 10-year sentence.—
Andrew Dalton,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2026
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Moss, the only woman who had been freed under the Survivors’ Act, attended the hearings that summer.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The netting appeared to be unraveling at her sleeves and hemline, giving the gown a slightly more undone aesthetic.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
16 Mar. 2026
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Scientists no longer with the agency talk about the work left undone.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In its most generous version, this framing presents him as a heroic figure who liberated architecture from disciplinary orthodoxy.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
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During the Iran-Iraq war, Iran liberated its territory by 1982 but didn’t agree to a ceasefire until 1988, after hundreds of thousands of additional casualties and an international hostage crisis.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In May, a fisherman fell into the water and drowned after the seat on his bass boat became unbolted.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2024
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In a press event Thursday evening, Tesla's somewhat oddly attired Elon Musk showed how the the company's Tesla S luxury sedan could be recharged in just 90 seconds, hovering over a robotic setup in which the battery would be automatically located, unbolted, removed, and replaced.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Mar. 2023
Verb
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Thousands of lives could potentially be saved and improved over the years if the invention, now in the advanced stage, were approved.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
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Pemberton saved electric guitars, present nowhere else in the score, for exactly that beat.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Provocative journalist and interviewer of the powerful There were those for whom art could not be disentangled from life, whose creations, often read as confessions, were intrinsically connected to their identities.—
Amisha Padnani,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The filing underscores the administration’s position that immigration enforcement and foreign policy decisions cannot be disentangled from national security concerns and that all of those are solely under the federal government’s purview.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Details on when the council will meet were not immediately clear.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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While there is no law in Connecticut explicitly prohibiting the use of plug-in panels, also known as balcony solar, the need for interconnection agreements with local utilities and a lack of clear regulations has effectively stifled their widespread adoption, experts say.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Disengaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disengaged. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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