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as in distant
having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others
a detached observer at company parties, taking it all in and saying very little
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as in single
not physically attached to another unit
a detached garage on the side of the house
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as in removed
to take (something) away from or off of something else to which it is joined
Detach the lower portion of the invoice and send it back with your payment.
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as in disengaged
to avoid engaging with or participating in something
They were reticent people, completely detached from social life.
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Recent Examples of detached
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2025
And a detached carriage house offers a finished studio upstairs and an office downstairs, making the most of the space available on the quarter-acre lot.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 May 2025
Clark Hodgin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
An invitation to discover, deconstruct, and deepen my identity as a Black woman detached from my labor, service, and the white gaze of Texas’s capital city.
—Virginia Cumberbatch, Essence, 27 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Through it all, there’s the metronomic wash of the tides onto the sand, waves lapping the beach, the undulation of the ocean, and the cityscape of Rockaway, with its large apartment buildings and detached houses, in the background.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2025
And a detached carriage house offers a finished studio upstairs and an office downstairs, making the most of the space available on the quarter-acre lot.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 May 2025
Verb
Decking With outdoor decking, the problem is usually boards that have completely detached from the deck framing.
—Clark Hodgin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
An invitation to discover, deconstruct, and deepen my identity as a Black woman detached from my labor, service, and the white gaze of Texas’s capital city.
—Virginia Cumberbatch, Essence, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for detached
Adjective
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The trick was to keep them distant and yet connected, and find ways to not make the audience wait to see their chemistry, because the John Corbett and Sarah Jessica Parker chemistry is undeniable and a gift.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
29 May 2025
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Within 23 hours, the signals will be as far from Earth as NASA’s Voyager 1, the world’s most distant spacecraft at more than 15 billion miles in interstellar space.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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Packages valued at up to $800 can no longer bypass customs duty and instead have been slapped with higher duties and single package flat costs.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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For a team usually fizzing with creative attacking ideas, their reliance on a single goalscorer, along with a late addition to the team and an unusually clinical finisher from the edge of the box, is not the spread of goal-scoring responsibility we are used to seeing.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
Verb
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Switching to Bournemouth removed Adams from the frenzy and bright lights that surround Leeds.—
Felipe Cardenas,
The Athletic,
24 Dec. 2024
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Though once common in the Atlantic, gray whales were hunted and removed from that ocean about 300 years ago—and only five or so have been seen in the last 15 years there and in the Mediterranean.—
Danielle Hall,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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Surveys find that most managers assume—incorrectly, at times—that employees without their webcams on are disengaged from the conversation.—
Carmine Gallo,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Playing without four of their regular rotation players because of injury Monday night, the Lakers weren’t anywhere close to their best, physically shorthanded and rapidly disengaged mentally.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The trailer opens with Elizabeth discussing a cold case for the group to look into from May 11, 1973, involving a woman thrown out of a window and onto the street below.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
29 May 2025
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Aldi may carry kosher items, but the stores don’t have cold and hot deli counters or butchers who customize cuts.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Peninsular Malaysia is separate from Sarawak and Sabah, the Malaysian provinces on Borneo.—
Allan Marks,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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A lot of people also do not feel comfortable giving their data over to the federal government right now since some federal data previously kept separate, such as tax data kept by the IRS, is now being turned over to immigration enforcement, Cameron said.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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In response, Hungary withdrew its stake from the bank, marking a rare concession in its complex balancing act between East and West.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
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Biden, the oldest sitting president at 82, withdrew from the race in July, as questions about his age and fitness for office surged following a disastrous CNN debate performance in June.—
Justin Gomez,
ABC News,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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For children, especially, these stressors can quickly lead to meltdowns or withdrawn behavior.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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My main criticism is its withdrawn camera, which is set too far away from the action in most stages.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Detached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detached. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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