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  • noun Plural form of uncoupling.

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Examples

  • The one thing these famous uncouplings had in common was that they were carried out in a demonstrative, unequivocal fashion.

    Why I Defriend the Old-Fashioned Way Joe Queenan 2011

  • I like learning about the latest fashions, keeping up with the stars 'ever-changing pairings (and uncouplings) and dishing the dirt about who did and did not ...

    Karen Leland: 5 Ways To Give The Gift Of Appreciation 2009

  • I like learning about the latest fashions, keeping up with the stars 'ever-changing pairings (and uncouplings) and dishing the dirt about who did and did not give a great speech.

    Karen Leland: 5 Ways To Give The Gift Of Appreciation 2009

  • I like learning about the latest fashions, keeping up with the stars 'ever-changing pairings (and uncouplings) and dishing the dirt about who did and did not ...

    Karen Leland: 5 Ways To Give The Gift Of Appreciation 2009

  • And their quest to achieve intimacy -- the movie's theme -- is shown in counterpoint with the romantic couplings and uncouplings of their friends and neighbors.

    Love Over Easy, Hold The Mayo 2008

  • On an obvious level it is about AIDS, which bathes the couplings and uncouplings of the earlier era in a glow of golden innocence.

    Rake's Progress 2008

  • The uncouplings are justified not by a judgment that the aspects are independent but by the assumption that the errors introduced by treating them independently are less than the errors introduced by trying and failing to treat them as interdependent.

    Rediscovering Institutions JAMES G. MARCH 1989

  • The uncouplings are justified not by a judgment that the aspects are independent but by the assumption that the errors introduced by treating them independently are less than the errors introduced by trying and failing to treat them as interdependent.

    Rediscovering Institutions JAMES G. MARCH 1989

  • The uncouplings are justified not by a judgment that the aspects are independent but by the assumption that the errors introduced by treating them independently are less than the errors introduced by trying and failing to treat them as interdependent.

    Rediscovering Institutions JAMES G. MARCH 1989

  • By novel's end there have been parties, brunches, coffee dates, couplings and uncouplings.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2009

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