disengage
Example Sentences
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To disengage, drivers have to press a button to the lower left of the steering wheel—an act of conscious hyperconsumption.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Motin, the defence argued, had tried to alter the path of the Solong so that it would avoid the Stena Immaculate, but the automatic controls were faulty and wouldn't disengage.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
“The U.S. was trying to disengage from Europe at the end of the war,” said Benn Steil, director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
These 10 surprising signals could mean it’s time to disengage from the workplace.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
She made no response whatever to the clasp of his arm; she did not even try to disengage herself.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing disengage
"The Lottery," Vocabulary from the short story
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"Of Mice and Men"
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A Doll's House
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