disaggregate

verb

Definition of disaggregatenext
as in to divide

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Recent Examples of disaggregate Almost nobody in the two capitals is attempting to disaggregate some of these issues and thereby make tensions more manageable. — Literary Hub, 27 May 2026 Campuses must track and publicly report disaggregated data on retention and graduation, set clear equity goals and tie funding to outcomes. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 5 May 2026 Because some PUMAs are made up of multiple counties, the Chronicle used a method proposed by the Census Bureau to disaggregate these PUMAs into counties. — Christian Leonard, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Oct. 2025 The strategic goal is to disaggregate the conglomerate that may have served Intel well in the past but no longer meets the country’s need for an American foundry nor delivers the most value for shareholders. — Charlene Barshefsky, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disaggregate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disaggregate
  1. divide
  2. disconnect
  3. separate
  4. disarticulate
  5. detach
  6. disengage
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  • Several aircraft could divide surveillance tasks or combine their efforts to improve coverage in a particular sector.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Depending on your opinion of him (the fandom is divided), this one might not be your favorite.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of divide
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  • The Village House Situated in Teton Village and almost entirely surrounded by forest, this home makes disconnecting easy.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Andrew Kravchenko | Bloomberg | Getty Images After SpaceX restricted use of its Starlink and Starshield satellite internet services in Ukraine, causing fast-moving drones to disconnect and drop out of the sky, Kyiv is looking for alternatives.
    — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of disconnect
Verb
  • The criticism follows Hinson's move to separate herself from the president's handling of the war with Iran late last month.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Rams last won a district title in 2023, when schools were separated into Metro and Suburban and Seminole went 10-2 in a Metro district.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of separate
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  • Dependency theorists have often used the words distorted or disarticulated or deformed to describe dependent economies.
    — Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2012
Definition of disarticulate
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  • However, the mural was detached and transferred to canvas in 1899 following the dispersal of the estate and then divided into eight fragments.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The robotic vehicle's initial drogue parachute deployed successfully, but its main parafoil detached during deployment, leaving the prototype unable to slow its descent before crashing into the ground, according to ESA officials.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of detach
Verb
  • During a flight from Moscow to Hong Kong in March, 1994, the pilot allowed his teen-age son to sit at the controls of the plane, and the boy unknowingly disengaged the autopilot.
    — Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • With the throne disengaged from governance, petitions and reports from officials piled up unread, crucial state posts went unfilled, and the imperial bureaucracy splintered amid poisonous factional infighting.
    — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
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“Disaggregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaggregate. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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