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dissociate

[dih-soh-shee-eyt, -see-] / dɪˈsoʊ ʃiˌeɪt, -si- /


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Today, after all the publicity generated by the US and UK sanctions, businesses are rushing to dissociate themselves from the Prince Group.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2025

Mazin: If you make me dissociate, I’m watching.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 2025

Maybe you're angry for some *waves hands* reason, and need to blow off steam with some shoot-'em-up action or dissociate from your everyday reality.

From Salon Dec. 20, 2024

Because of this, only two of the three acid groups in the citric acid dissociate.

From Science Daily Nov. 15, 2024

Being kicked out of black tennis had left me with few friends; it seemed people went out of their way to dissociate themselves from me.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

When this happens, a release factor dissociates the components and frees the new polypeptide.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

The σ subunit dissociates from the polymerase after transcription has been initiated.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Phosphorylation of the inhibitor IκB dissociates the complex between it and NF-κB, allowing NF-κB to enter the nucleus and stimulate transcription.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Because only 1.1% of the dissociates into Ag+ and NH3, the assumption that x is small is justified.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

Free society dissociates him, and makes him bad and selfish from necessity.

From Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters by George Fitzhugh

She now believes she dissociated during the encounter and there was a "massive power imbalance", she said.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

In previous interviews, the musician has spoken of how she dissociated from Lady Gaga.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2025

In his scheme, the qubits would consist not of atoms, but those special anyon pairs, which can capture quantum information in their dissociated electrons.

From Science Magazine Dec. 20, 2023

In a dissociated state, he said, someone could sink into a tub without realizing it.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2023

State and local affiliates dissociated from the National and formed new groups.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

"If you can trick gold into dissociating oxygen, it can actually become a very effective catalyst for certain reactions," Montemore said.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

There was crying, complaining, dissociating and even laughing on those couches.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

"She's created popularity by dissociating herself from the party's stagnant image," he says.

From BBC Feb. 6, 2026

Some people respond by mentally "dissociating," or disconnecting from their physical selves.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2021

At its annual convention in Washington, DC, a group of women offered a resolution officially dissociating the group from Stanton and The Woman's Bible.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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